Executive Summary
The Police and Crime Commissioner has secured £1,342,845.15 in Home Office funding to support the delivery of a Serious Violence Reduction Programme.
This brings together funding for the Violence Reduction Unit (CURV), the Serious Violence Duty and Young Future Prevention Partnerships into a single integrated Serious Violence Reduction programme Grant, aimed at ensuring a whole system focus on the reduction of violent crime in public spaces, particularly youth violence.
In line with Home Office reporting requirements, the local Serious Violence Reduction Programme, will track progress against the below measures:
- NHS data on Hospital admissions for assaults with a knife or sharp object (for all ages, and especially those under 25-year-olds).
- In knife and sharp enabled serious violence recorded by the police for all ages, based on police recorded crime data.
- Homicides recorded by the police but especially among those victims aged under 25 and in non-domestic settings.
Led and co-ordinated by Cleveland’s Unit for the Reduction of Violence (CURV), the programme aligns to the Police and Crime Plan priorities, specifically
- Reducing crime, antisocial behaviour and harm – by identifying individuals at highest risk of being drawn into serious violence, supported through the ongoing Young Futures Prevention Partnership pilot and the expansion of the Navigator Programme into school settings.
- Improving safety for women and girls – by strengthening targeted activity in town centres and night-time economy areas.
- Tackling offending and reoffending – through a suite of high-impact interventions, including Custody and A&E Navigators, Focussed Deterrence, and sports-based programmes.
Decision 2026/27 – 001: Serious Violence Reduction Programme 2026-2027 (application, 175kB)