Where in the UK has the highest crime rate? It's not London...
Sarah Everard was taken to be raped and murdered in March last yearKent Police PCSO Julia James was also found dead in Snowdown, near Dover, in April last year with her beloved pet dog by her side.The same ONS statistics calculated where most violent crime occurs across England and Wales, with the top three areas being West Yorkshire, the West Midlands and Cleveland.
Cleveland, although top of the standard crime list, was not among the 18 police forces with ‘violence hotspots’ given extra funding to fight gang and knife crime in March last year.‘Cleveland Police is the smallest geographical area of all police forces in England and Wales but high levels of deprivation, unemployment and health-related issues and other socio-demographic and economic factors mean our challenges are more in keeping with those faced by the larger metropolitan forces,’ they said.
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