Manchester Coronavirus gatherings social pandemic and Manchester

Empty streets, social distancing and no pub fights... this is how the coronavirus crisis has changed city centre policing

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Crime in Manchester city centre has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Anecdotally police say they are dealing with about a sixth of the number of incidents they normally would be.

The number of open investigations has halved, while violent crime is down somewhere between 80 and 90 per cent - mainly due to the pubs being shut.

But the lockdown has also brought a new set of challenges. Police are now focusing on breaking up gatherings all while coping with the perils of a job that can't always be done with social distancing.

Chief Insp Zac Fraser: "Crime has dropped, but footfall has dropped as well, so you'd expect that. "But the demand is still there, it's just changed. "It's been a different challenge for us, but what's been good

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