Broken Britain: Cleaning up Cleveland, the UK’s crime capital
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With some of the worst violent crime rates in the country, John Johnston reports on efforts to clean up Cleveland.
With one of the highest levels of violent crime in the country and a police force in special measures, Cleveland is a frequent chart topper when it comes to identifying England’s worst area for crime.
Unlike many other areas high on the list, Cleveland is unique in that it doesn’t encompass a major city, with much of its population dispersed across the towns of Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. But with poor economic growth and few job opportunities, the area is blighted by high levels of drug use and records more knife crime than anywhere else in the country.
Elected in May 2021, Steve Turner, the local Police and Crime Commissioner, is committed to turning round the region’s shocking crime stats, something he believes is as much about economics as it is about policing.
‘We’ve got a lot of violent crime here in Cleveland, and that includes knife crime and...
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