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Almost 6,000 council workers have reported assaults and abuse in the last three years across Greater Manchester.

Recent data found that abusive incidents are becoming a more regular occurrence, with 2,062 happening in the year ending March 2025. This is a 17 per cent increase on the 1,832 cases reported by employees and contractors in 2022/23.

The total number of incidents stands at 5,963 across all Greater Manchester councils between March 2022 and March 2025.

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The worst affected area is Rochdale , with 1,931 assaults reported between 2022 and 2025.

Rochdale council highlighted that a large proportion of the incidents reported resulted in no i

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