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Welcome to Greater Manchester Probation Area's website
The aims of the National Probation Service are:-
- To protect the public
- To reduce re-offending
- The proper punishment of offenders in the community
- Ensuring offenders' awareness of the effects of crime on the victims of crime and the public
- The rehabilitation of offenders
Our Vision
Greater Manchester Probation Area's strategic aim is to ensure offenders' successful completion of their community orders and licences.
The priorities for Greater Manchester Probation Area include:
- Achieving all national and local standards for good practice
- Making sure that our efforts really do work to achieve our aims
- Protecting the public and minimising risk from offenders
For 100 years we have served courts and community. (2007 was our centenary year).
Probation work is highly effective in preventing crime in the community.
Probation is proven value for money. It helps to reduce reoffending in a range of ways.
Crime has fallen by over a third since 1997, with significant input from the Probation Service. In 2007 the Probation Service nationally worked with 200,000 offenders, providing over six million hours of unpaid work and supporting over 15,000 offenders with intensive substance misuse treatment.
Minister for Justice David Hanson MP
9th April 2008
"Reducing offending in our communities, cutting crime, and stopping re-offending remain among the top priorities for government.
"All of us want to see safer communities, but that challenge requires hard work and commitment at a local level week in and week out. For me one of the best ways to achieve that goal is through the work of the probation service.
"Probation services across the country play a key role in supporting offenders to turn away from crime. They give help and support in tackling drug or alcohol abuse, finding employment or housing, and give vital support to keep contact with families. They also support courts to assess how best to work with offenders and crucially making sure offenders understand the impact of their behaviour on victims.
"These key tasks are undertaken day in and day out by dedicated probation staff helping to reduce offending behaviour across the country.
"And it’s working.
"Thanks in no small part to the work of the probation service, crime has fallen by over a third since 1997. Last year alone probation services worked with 200,000 offenders, providing over six millions hours of unpaid work and supporting over 15,000 offenders with intensive substance misuse treatment.
"I remain impressed by the work of the Probation Service and by the people I see who are working within it, often in a difficult and demanding job.
"Cutting crime is our focus and the Probation Service is at the forefront of this - for example in developing world class community sentences. There will always be offenders for whom a prison sentence is the only option, but for many, community-based punishments are proven to be more effective at reducing re-offending than short-term prison sentences. Community sentences involve hard physical labour, tough treatment programmes and strict curfews - for many offenders this is the first work they have ever done. More importantly they provide the opportunity to address their offending behaviour.
"The probation service has done an excellent job for over 100 years."
 
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