Domestic abuse is a ‘growing issue’ in Tameside as leaders reveal that incidents have soared in the past year.
A meeting of Tameside’s executive cabinet was told that that cases of domestic abuse reported to Greater Manchester Police had increased by 22pc. The number for 2019/20 stood at 4,424, rising to 5,409 in 2021/22. And the children’s social care department had seen referrals related to domestic abuse soar by 74 pc, with 1,850 made in 2019/20 and 3,222 last year.
In the week to March 31 Greater Manchester Police (GMP) conducted a dedicated week of action against domestic abuse in the region, in which 510 arrests related to domestic abuse had been made by officers. Addressing councillors at a meeting in Ashton-under-Lyne, Debbie Watson, the town hall’s director of population health said: “This continues to be a growing issue for us in Tameside.
