Serious violence and knife crime

I want Northumbria Police to:
  • Work with partners to deliver the Northumbria Serious Violence Response Strategy, our joint plan to tackle the causes and impact of serious violence.
  • Carry out robust enforcement action, targeting offenders and locations to disrupt criminal activity.
  • Continue to implement the public health approach to serious violence prevention, providing early opportunities to divert people of all ages from serious violence.

I want the Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit to:
  • Continue to promote the public health approach to improve our shared response to tackling serious violence.
  • Provide interventions to divert, disrupt and support individuals involved, or at risk of being involved, in serious violence.
  • Explore ways to offer young people pathways out of violence through training and employment opportunities.
  • Support agencies working with young people to deliver prevention work in education and youth settings.

I want Northumbria Police and the Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit to:
  • Work across borders with to tackle drug related crime and exploitation, including county lines.
  • Support partners to deter young and vulnerable people from being drawn into county lines and drug gangs.
  • Raise awareness of how to spot the signs of county lines and build community resilience against the harm they cause.
  • Understand and respond to emerging drug trends such as synthetic opioids, to reduce harm to the public and support a regional, joined-up approach to substance misuse and addictions to reduce this risk.

Serious and organised crime

I want Northumbria Police to:
  • Work with regional and national partners to protect our communities and tackle serious and organised crime.
  • Work with my office and partners to provide an Anti-Slavery Partnership to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking, including support for victims.
  • Protect children from child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation by raising awareness, increasing reporting, targeting perpetrators, and providing trauma informed support.
  • Protect communities from economic crime, tackle fraud and money laundering, and target criminals’ assets.

 

Measuring progress:
  • Serious violence offences, including homicides
  • Knife-enabled serious violence and hospital admissions (under-25s for assault with a sharp object)