Dedicated knife crime team sees 272 arrests, £225k cash, 178 vehicles and 91 weapons seized in 2025 as Sceptre launches

Since the beginning of the year, Greater Manchester Police (GMP)’s dedicated knife crime team Operation Venture have made 272 arrests, seized 91 weapons, conducted 22 disruption visits, seized 178 vehicles, and seized over £225K.

The team move across different hotspot areas all over Greater Manchester, strengthening resources in districts to tackle violent crime and are proactively looking to prevent, deter, reduce, and tackle knife crime head on, and at the root causes.

Their work feeds into the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit, a multi-agency team that seeks to prevent violence by addressing the underlying causes.

This work will continue alongside district activity including knife sweeps, amnesty bins, school visits and test purchasing, as part of Sceptre, a national week of intensification to tackle knife crime, which came to Greater Manchester on Monday 17 November 2025.

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