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Domestic abuse surges in lockdown - with police reports showing 13,000 more incidents in a year
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Domestic abuse reports in Greater Manchester surged under lockdown, new police data reveals.
Some 52,987 domestic abuse incidents were reported to GMP from May 2020 to April 2021 — a rise of 13,352 compared to the same period the previous year.
The 2020/21 total is almost three times the level of the figure reported for 2015/16, which is based on a ‘simple count’ of ‘individual crime reference’ numbers distributed in a given year, the force says.
Presented with the data, town hall bosses said the rise was partially down to ‘more accurate recording of crimes’. Data seen by the Manchester Evening News also shows four of the region’s 10 boroughs saw a rise in
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