A violence reduction unit set up to tackle knife crime in Greater Manchester can't say how many people have been the victim of knife crime due to technical issues with GMP's computer system, according to a report seen by the Manchester Evening News .
The unit was set up by Greater Manchester Police and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) in 2019 with money from the Home Office, in response to an increase to the region's violence, particularly knife crime among young people.
An annual report published by the unit for 2021 to 2022 described a "significant" increase in violence in schools post-lockdown, and said that reports of domestic abuse to police had already increased in 2022.
