Serious Violence Strategic Needs Assessment

Full Description In Cleveland, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is responsible for leading and co-ordinating the local response to serious violence through the establishment of a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU).

Funded by the Home Office, Cleveland's Unit for the Reduction of Violence (CURV) is responsible for delivering a 'whole system', public health approach to tackling violence, bringing together key partners to identify the local drivers and root-causes of serious violence and agree and implement a multi-agency response to them.

In order to understand the types, distribution and extent of violence across Cleveland, including the identification of cohorts, communities and associated risk factors that increase vulnerability to being or becoming victims or perpetrators of violence, the PCC wishes to commission the development of a Serious Violence Strategic Needs Assessment.