Cabinet considered the Strategy for the Serious Violence and Violence Against Women and Girls. The Strategy had been produced to support the Nottinghamshire Serious Violence Reduction Strategy and the Violence Reduction Unit Some serious violence offences had been increasing since 2014-homicide, knife crime, and gun crime. These crimes, typically made up just 1% of crime recorded by the police. A large proportion of robbery offences (21%) involved the use or the threat of use of a knife and knife robberies accounted for 40% of all offences involving a knife or sharp instrument.
In the 2018 Serious Violence Strategy, the government defined serious violence as specific types of crime such as homicide, knife crime, and gun crime, and areas of criminality where serious violence or its threat is inherent, such as in gangs and county lines drug dealing.
Members suggested putting the useful signposting information and contact numbers into the next Broxtowe Matters.
RESOLVED that that The Serious Violence and Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy be approved.
Reason
Section 5 and 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 required the Council and other responsible authorities to formulate and implement strategies to reduce crime and disorder in the area: Section 1`7 places a duty on the Council to do it reasonably can to prevent crime and disorder in the area. Implementation of this strategy contributes towards the Council’s duties in this regard.