â?¢ Crime rose by 10% to 2,503 between April 1 2018 and March 31 2019.

â?¢ This increase was composed of almost 80 extra drugs offences, almost 50 more offences of assault and some 70 extra financial crime offences.

â?¢ There is less crime per 1,000 population here than in the Channel Islands.

â?¢ The detection rate was 49.6%, significantly higher than England and Wales at 13.8% and Jersey and Guernsey with 19.1%.

â?¢ Call-outs fell slightly.

â?¢ A 24% increase in incidents involving mental health issues.

â?¢ Sharp reduction in the time spent looking for people who had gone missing from home.

â?¢ £2m worth of drugs, money and property from organised crime groups in the Merseyside area and the island.

â?¢ Local drug market has ’conservative’ estimated value of hundreds of thousands of pounds per month.

â?¢ In 2015-16 drugs offences accounted for just 13% of all recorded crime. Last year they comprised 18% of all offences.

â?¢ Amount of cannabis bush seized doubled to over £500,000.

â?¢ Rise in stolen vehicles from 36 to 51, all where the keys were left inside the vehicle.

â?¢ New youth referral team saw the number of individuals referred to the team once rose from 144 to 176; the number referred twice from 19 to 36; the number referred three times from 7 to 16; and the number referred four times from 13 to 22.

â?¢ One young person was referred 28 times.

â?¢ Crashes on the roads decreased by 12% to 776, with six fatal crashes.

â?¢ Armed officers were dispatched 15 times. But they were not required to use their weapons.

â?¢ Seven complaints against the police in the last year.

â?¢ Slight increase in officer sickness.