Today (Thursday 5 March) the Policing Minister is hosting the Tackling
Crime Forum, speaking to Police and Crime Commissioners
(PCCs) about how to tackle alcohol-related crime, county
lines and serious violence.
The event will gather PCCs from across England and Wales to
discuss best practice and how to improve their approach to
tackling issues around serious violence, such as county
lines and driving down homicide.
The event will also include external speakers such as
Professor of Pyschiatry Keith Humphreys, Stanford
University, Dr Laura Bainbridge, lecturer in Criminology,
University of Leeds and , Association of Police
and Crime Commissioners.
, Minister for Crime and
Policing said:
The rise in serious violence is deeply concerning and we
can only tackle it by working together and giving Police
and Crime Commissioners the tools to reduce crime at a
local level.
Today’s forum is an invaluable opportunity to explore new
and innovative ways to address this issue and I look
forward to seeing ideas develop into action.
OBE, APCC Chair, said:
PCCs are completely committed to tackling serious
violence, county lines and alcohol related violence and
abuse.
Whilst we may have different approaches and successful
models working across England and Wales, today’s forum is
a welcome opportunity to learn more about what types of
intervention and preventative measures work best, as we
set a clear direction to reduce crime.
In addition, the Home Office today published its own
research into the analysis and trends of homicides in
England and Wales as an evidence base for discussions.
Trends and Drivers of Homicide looks at the long-term
trends in homicides and the factors influencing these
trends to better understand the recent rise in this type of
crime and inform policy. The research draws on both
international data and academic literature on drivers of
homicide trends.
The report makes a number of findings, including that the
increase in homicides has been driven partly by drug
related cases and partly by terrorist incidents.
Recent homicide trends were also dominated by male-on-male
cases, and England and Wales were found to have similar
trends to most other developed nations.
The Tackling Crime Forum is just one way the government is
taking action to tackle the rise in serious violence.
The Home Office has recently announced a package of new
measures to tackle county lines, the recruitment of 20,000
new police officers over the next three years, the biggest
increase in funding for policing in a decade and has made
it easier for police to use stop and search powers to take
weapons off our streets.
