A senior police officer reported this week that every type of crime, other than shoplifting and drug offences, reduced in ...

That was better than the wider Northumbria Police area, which as a whole recorded a 5.7% decrease in knife crime. Data from the Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) also revealed that the ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said schools have found it harder to get help with pupils because neighbourhood police teams were decimated under the Tories - and vowed to put that right ...

They can passionately articulate the impact that knife crime has on families and the ... Programme is part of the wider work of Northumbria Police in tackling the root causes of serious violence ...

One in nine convictions and cautions for knife crime in Northumbria were given to boys last year ... knives and machetes and ...

"It's frightening how many knives are on the streets" - the words of boxer and gym owner Troy Baker who has partnered with Northumbria ... own experience with knife crime. He said: “We had ...

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth has ... an overall reduction of 5.8% in serious violence and 5.7% in knife-related offences. She continued: "Residents are telling me ...

Police organisations in the region teamed up with partners to host an event aimed at highlighting 'evidence-based' practice that reduces harm ...

The Mirror's new interactive map shows the neighbourhoods where the most violent crimes and sexual offences are committed - ...

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner ... reduction of 5.8% in serious violence and 5.7% in offences involving a knife. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you ...

"Families are crying out for help, quite often from the child being four to five years old, and nothing is being done." The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls in the next ...