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Wed, 30 Jun 2021
New figures show crime has risen on the Island by 18% in the last year.
Chief Constable Gary Roberts has published his annual report which will go before Tynwald next month.
The number of assaults on officers has increased and the number people caught carrying weapons rose by 75%.
The report describes the differing impact of the lockdowns on people’s mental wellbeing, and charts a rise in crime levels over the year in a number of areas, notably domestic abuse, online fraud, assaults and anti-social behaviour, which saw a marked increase last summer.
Chief Constable Gary Roberts said: ‘The challenges the Constabulary faced during the health emergency were truly unique in scope and nature. Safeguarding the public, protecting the health service and ensuring our own people stayed well, meant re-inventing our ‘business as usual’ from top to bottom. We needed to be fleet of foot to keep pace with rapid changes in the law, to recognise the impact restrictions were having on the public and to deal with the fallout. I am proud of the flexible, compassionate and proportionate approach provided by the force, and I pay tribute to officers, our Special Constabulary who played a key role, our admin teams and valued volunteers.
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