This document provides an oversight of the scale, nature and impact of serious violence
Serious violence in Cleveland saw a slight decreasing trend between September 2022 and August 2023.
However, this has not been enough to reverse or level out the overall upturn that has taken place between September 2018 and August 2023.
During year ending August 2023, reducing trends were seen for violence without injury, robbery, rape, and residential burglary offences.
Increasing trends were seen for arson endangering life, violence with injury, other sexual offences, and stalking and harassment.
Between September 2018 and August 2023, the most common offences were violence with injury, robbery, and rape, accounting for two thirds of all offences.
Serious violence in Cleveland cost the police and the criminal justice system £97m in the five years to September 2023. This marked an increase from £81m in the five years to October 2022.
Domestic abuse, the night time economy, and youth-related offending continue to be key areas of focus for serious violence
However, offences outside of these categories still make up 43% of offences and warrant further attention.
Additionally, the involvement of drugs and alcohol, and use of weapons is common in many offences in Cleveland.