Police chiefs have backed plans for a new boxing gym in South Cheshire which aims to help local children stay out of trouble.
Cheshire Police Chief Constable Mark Roberts visited the site of the new South Cheshire Amateur Boxing Club.
New figures by the Office for National Statistics show Cheshire is one of the safest places across England and Wales.
They say there has been a 6.8% reduction in the number of recorded crimes, in contrast to the national average decrease of 0.9%.
Cheshire has seen a large increase in the number of reported sex offences, latest crime statistics reveal.
But at the same time, the county has seen a drop in burglaries, drug offences and murders.
TV presenter Stacey Dooley has been in Cheshire to highlight police work as part of a new documentary on stalking.
It comes as new figures show there were 2,659 stalking offences recorded during 2020/2021, a massive increase from 913 in 2019/2020.
Cheshire has the second lowest rate of knife crime in England and Wales, according to latest statistics.
The number of knife-related offences committed in the county decreased by 27.6% from the year ending in December 2019 to the year ending in December 2020.
Cheshire Constabulary’s new Chief Constable Mark Roberts has stepped into the role after the official retirement of Darren Martland.
Mark, previously Deputy Chief Constable at South Yorkshire Police, said he is “proud” to be leading the county’s force.
Cheshire Police is set to appoint Mark Roberts as its new Chief Constable.
He is currently the Deputy Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and served with Cheshire Constabulary as Assistant Chief Constable from 2014-2017.
Police chiefs in Cheshire have bought 16 state-of-the-art speed enforcement devices to target rogue drivers in the county.
The devices are some of the most advanced compact all-in-one digital video cameras available.
More than 800 arrests were made by Cheshire Police during the force’s Blue Christmas campaign, figures show.
Of the 830 people arrested, 54 spent Christmas Day in custody and another 154 people started 2016 looking at the back of a custody cell door.
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