Crime

This topic area covers statistics and information relating to crime in Hull including local strategic need and service provision. Further information can also be found within Domestic Abuse under Health and Wellbeing Influences. A needs assessment was completed in Hull during 2023 for people with multiple unmet needs which included people involved with the criminal justice system. The report – which was finalised in 2024 – is available within Multiple Unmet Needs under Vulnerable Groups.

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Headlines

• Crime and the fear of crime can have a high impact on people’s mental wellbeing, but can also affects their families and community.
• There were an average of 3,614 recorded crimes and incidents of anti-social behaviour each month in Hull in 2019/20, but this decreased to 3,375 during 2020/21 due to fewer crimes reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers have since increased to an average of 3,332 per month for 2023/24.
• There has been an increase in violence and sexual offences over the last five years, while and public order offences rose to peak last year before falling in 2023/24. The number of incidents of anti-social behaviour peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic but has decreased since and is currently at the lowest reported levels in the last five years. Crimes of theft, shoplifting and robbery generally decreased in 2020/21 and 2021/22 (likely due to the pandemic), but have increased since then (likely due to the cost of living crisis).
• During 2022/23, violent and sexual offences account for 41% of all reported crimes, while incidents of anti-social behaviour with public order (11%), criminal damage and arson (9%), shoplifting (9%) and anti-social behaviour (7%) accounting for more than one-third of the reported offences. Other theft, burglary, vehicle crime, bicycle theft, robbery and theft from a person accounted for almost one fifth of all reported crimes and incidents of anti-social behaviour. Drug offences (1.1%), possession of weapons (0.7%) and other crime (2.3%) made up the remaining cases of reported crimes.
• Across Humberside Police Area (covering Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire), the rate per 1,000 of 16+ population of recorded domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes increased between 2015/16 and 2018/19, but has remained relatively stable since that peak; peaking in 2018/19 at 36.6, decreasing each subsequent year to to 30.2 per 1,000 population in 2022/23. It is likely that the rates are higher in Hull relative to the Humberside Police Area average, and anecdotal evidence suggests there has been an increase in domestic abuse in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local services have recently seen a 100% increase in demand.
• The hospital admissions for violence (including sexual violence) decreased in Hull between 2009/10-2011/12 and 2014/15-2016/17, the rate then levelled off with little change between 2014/15-2016/17 and 2017/18-2019/20, then falling in 2018/19-2020/21 and 2019/20-2021/22, remaining unchanged in 2020/21-2022/23. For the three year period 2020/21-2022/23, there were 425 admissions (averaging over 140 per year) for violence giving a rate of 50.9 admissions per 100,000 population.
• The rate of sexual offences increased sharply between 2010/11 and 2018/19, but decreased in 2019/20 and has stayed at broadly the same level since then. The rates are considerably higher than England. During 2022/23, there were 1,050 sexual offences reported (which excludes exposure and voyeurism).
• The rate of violent offences increased sharply between 2010/11 and 2018/19, and whilst the rate then levelled off for the next two years, it increased again in 2021/22 before falling by 13% between 2021/22 and 2022/23 to the lowest level since 2017/18. The rates are considerably higher than England. During 2022/23, there were 13,236 violent crimes (‘violence against the person’) reported.
• The city centre has the highest rate of crime (all crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents) per 1,000 resident population. This is not particularly surprising given the large increase in the non-resident population during the day as well as a substantial night time economy. Furthermore, it also has one of the highest concentrations of shops, parked cars and cycles, which increases the opportunities for crime. Some of the other areas of the city where the rates of crime and anti-social behaviour is relatively high also includes areas where shopping centres are located or areas with a night-time economy.
• In 2022, there were 629 first time offenders (aged 10+ years) in Hull equating to a rate of 269 per 100,000 population which was 62% higher than England (166). The rate has generally been decreasing in Hull since 2014 when the rate was 381 per 100,000 population. Whilst the percentage of offenders who re-offend within a year has decreased slightly between 2016/17 and 2020/21, and the average number of offences per re-offender has deceased over the last two years from 2018/19 to 2020/21. In Hull, for the year 2020/21, of the 2,703 offenders, 884 had reoffended within six months which was just under one-third (32.7%) which was much higher than England at 24.1%. The 884 re-offenders had committed 3,884 re-offences so an average of 4.39 re-offences per re-offender which again which was much higher than England with 3.60 re-offences per re-offender.
• In 2023, there were 43 young people aged 10-17 years who received their first conviction, caution or youth caution in Hull. This equates to a rate of 161 first time entrants into the youth justice system per 100,000 population aged 10-17 years which is 12% higher than England (143 per 100,000 population). The numbers have fallen sharply since 2010 and 2011 when they are were around 200 first time entrants into the youth justice system among 10-17 year olds. In 2011, there were 924 young people aged 10-17 years who received their first conviction, caution or youth caution per 100,000 population with 220 young people in total. So the numbers have decreased to one-fifth that number in the most recent year 2023.
• Some changes over time can be related to better recording and focus on different crimes (such as domestic abuse), and changes to recording methods and ways of working. Clearly, the impact of the COVID-19 with lockdowns, and changes to behaviour such as working at home, less social contact, closures and restrictions on pubs will have had an influence on the crime figures for 2020 and 2021.

The Population Affected – Why Is It Important?

Unsurprisingly, research has found that the effect of local crime rates does affect the mental wellbeing of residents. Crime causes considerable mental distress of residents, and these effects are mainly driven by property crime. However, there is also an effect due to violent crime.

The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (previously Public Health England) stated that individuals dependent on opioids and/or crack cocaine are responsible for an estimated 45% of acquisitive crime (shoplifting, burglary, vehicle crime and robbery), and around 40% of all violent crimes are alcohol-related. Social return on investment tools for drugs and alcohol make the case for investing in drug and alcohol treatment programmes to reduce overall crime and anti-social behaviour to reduce costs incurred by drug and alcohol issues to society and the economy.

The Hull Picture

Total Number Crimes and Types of Crimes

From Humberside Police data, there were 36,998 recorded crimes and a further 2,988 incidents of anti-social behaviour for the latest financial year 2023/24 in Hull. There were fewer reported crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic with the lockdowns and changes to people’s behaviour, but more incidents of anti-social behaviour.

Financial year	Anti-social behaviour	All crimes	All crime and ASB
2019/20	6,026	37,336	43,362
2020/21	6,975	33,519	40,494
2021/22	5,396	36,108	41,504
2022/23	4,272	37,640	41,912
2023/24	2,988	36,998	39,986

There appears to be a strong correlation between crime and anti-social behaviour and the restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and 2021.  During the first COVID-19 lockdown, beginning in the last week of March 2020, levels of overall recorded crime (not including anti-social behaviour) decreased sharply, whilst records of anti-social behaviour increased. However, levels of overall crime steadily increased – in the main due to higher levels of violence and sexual offences which peaked in July 2020 with 1,475 for this crime type alone. Records of crime and anti-social behaviour decreased steadily from this peak, and with a second national lockdown being announced at the end of October 2020, remained on this downwards trend into the Christmas and New Year period and beyond, reaching their lowest point in February 2021. The rates then sharply increased, reaching pre-pandemic levels by April 2021. Although various restrictions and limits continued at different times, most legal limits on social contact were removed in England on 19 July 2021, and the final closed sectors of the economy reopened (e.g. nightclubs). Subsequently, from this point forwards levels of anti-social behaviour can be seen to decrease whilst records of overall crime begin to increase, although both recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents records decreased sharply once again over the Christmas and New Year period, before increasing to what would appear to be ‘usual’ levels in the early part of 2022, and this apparent seasonal decrease over Christmas and New Year followed by increases in spring, has been seen in both 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Over the last five years, violence and sexual offences accounted for the greatest numbers of reported crimes with around 1,200 to 1,400 such crimes each month. Public order offences had the second highest monthly average followed by criminal damage and arson, and anti-social behavioural, although the patterns over time differed. There has been an increase in the reported number of violence and sexual offences and public order offences over the last five years, but a reduction over time for criminal damage. Reported cases of anti-social behaviour and drug offences peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic, but have since decreased to levels considerably lower than pre-pandemic levels. Levels of shoplifting were highest pre-pandemic, reducing considerably for both 2020/21 and 2021/22, but have increased by just over one-third between 2021/22 and 2022/23, and by a further 17% in 2023/24, with these increases likely associated in part to the cost of living crisis. Other theft, burglary, vehicle crime, bicycle theft, robbery and theft from a person have also followed a similar pattern with the highest levels pre-pandemic, lower levels for both 2020/21 and 2021/22 followed by increases since 2021/22. The numbers of offences related to possession of weapons are low, with 18 in each of 2019/20 and 2020/21, with a reduction in 2021/22 and an increases since to the highest levels in five years for the most recent year 2023/24. Other crimes include forgery, perjury and other miscellaneous crime (an eclectic grouping of offences, for example (but not limited to) bail offences, wildlife crime, dangerous driving and bigamy). 

Crime type (monthly average number)	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
Violence and sexual offences	1,182	1,205	1,317	1,279	1,368
Public order	325	373	390	413	357
Criminal damage and arson	416	340	386	362	308
Shoplifting	315	193	195	262	306
Anti-social behaviour	502	581	450	356	249
Other theft	216	174	191	221	212
Burglary	241	185	155	197	185
Vehicle crime	164	93	106	131	91
Bicycle theft	65	36	68	85	66
Drugs	47	60	47	35	38
Robbery	27	24	23	31	36
Possession of weapons	18	18	15	20	23
Theft from person	24	12	16	19	19
Other crime	71	79	99	83	77
Total	3,614	3,375	3,459	3,493	3,332

Whilst anti-social behaviour accounted for 17.3% of all recorded crime and anti-social behaviour in 2020/21, this had decreased to 7.5% by 2023/24. Violence and sexual offences accounted for the greatest numbers of recorded crimes – more than one-third of all recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents (41.1% in 2023/24). Public order accounted for one in nine of all recorded recorded crime and anti-social behaviour in 2023/24, while both criminal damage and arson, and shoplifting each accounted for around one in eleven of all incidents in 2023/24. Anti-social behaviour, other theft, burglary, vehicle crime, bicycle theft, robbery and theft from a person accounted for around one-third of all recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents in 2019/20, but this was reduced to 25.8% for 2023/24.

Crime type	2019/20 (%)	2020/21 (%)	2021/22 (%)	2022/23 (%)	2023/24 (%)
Violence and sexual offences	32.7	35.7	38.1	36.6	41.1
Public order	9.0	11.1	11.3	11.8	10.7
Criminal damage and arson	11.5	10.1	11.2	10.4	9.2
Shoplifting	8.7	5.7	5.6	7.5	9.2
Anti-social behaviour	13.9	17.2	13.0	10.2	7.5
Other theft	6.0	5.2	5.5	6.3	6.4
Burglary	6.7	5.5	4.5	5.6	5.6
Vehicle crime	4.5	2.8	3.1	3.8	2.7
Bicycle theft	1.8	1.1	2.0	2.4	2.0
Drugs	1.3	1.8	1.4	1.0	1.1
Robbery	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.1
Possession of weapons	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.7
Theft from person	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
Other crime	2.0	2.3	2.9	2.4	2.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Domestic Abuse and Violent Crime

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Fingertips also presents information on the rate of domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes, and violent crime rates. For 2023/24, the rate of domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes was higher in Hull compared to England. The same crime rate is given for Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire – local authorities are allocated the rate of the police force area within which they sit (in this case Humberside Police). It is likely that the rate will differ across the four local authorities, and the rate is probably considerably higher in Hull. The local needs assessment of Multiple Unmet Need found that violent crime rates were 69% higher than England, and that Hull residents accounted for 50% of all first time offenders and 40% of all proven re-offenders and re-offences across the Humberside Police Area, so it is perhaps not unreasonable to assume that 45% of all crimes (or domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes) within the Humberside Police Area relate to Hull residents.

For the three year period 2021/22-2023/24, the hospital admission rate for violence was 64% higher in Hull compared to England.

For 2023/24, the rate of violent offences was around 64% higher in Hull compared to England, and the rate of sexual offences was around 34% higher in Hull.

The rate of domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes, and violent and sexual offence crimes are given as the number of crimes per 1,000 population, and the hospital admission rate is given as a directly standardised rate per 100,000 population (standardised to the European Standard Population). Further information can also be found within Domestic Abuse under Health and Wellbeing Influences. Violent crimes include all ‘violence against the person’ offences (and do not include sexual offences). The rate of sexual offences include all sexual offences except for exposure and voyeurism.

The rate of domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes have increased in recent years, and part of this increase might be attributed to better awareness and reporting, although rates did fall slightly in the three years between 2018/19 and 2021/22, with a larger decrease in 2022/23. However, the rate has increased for the most recent years and is similar to the peak observed between 2018/19 and 2019/20 prior to the pandemic.

Anecdotally it has been suggested that the rate of domestic abuse has increased in Hull, particularly during the pandemic. Local services have recently seen a 100% increase in demand as reported in the needs assessment of Multiple Unmet Need. Furthermore, not all domestic abuse will be reported or recorded as such if it were reported.

Further information can be found within Domestic Abuse under Health and Wellbeing Influences.

Some crime information – particularly relating to domestic abuse – is only available at Humberside Police Area level, so it is useful to note the percentage that Hull residents account for in relation to the Humberside Police Area for crime measures that are available at local authority level.

For the three year period 2021/22 to 2023/24, there were 465 admissions for violence among Hull residents with 245 for East Riding of Yorkshire, 260 for North East Lincolnshire and 195 for North Lincolnshire. Based on mid-year 2023 population estimates, the total population of these four local authorities is 950,483 and with an estimated 271,942 residents in Hull, Hull residents account for 28.6% of the population. However, Hull residents account for 39.9% of admissions for violence.

There were 14,403 violent offences reported in Hull during 2023/24 and 36,745 across the Humberside Police Area so Hull residents accounts for 39.2% of all violent offences across the Humberside Police Area.

There were 1,042 sexual offences reported in Hull during 2023/24 and 2,759 across the Humberside Police Area so Hull residents accounts for 37.8% of all reported sexual offences across the Humberside Police Area.

Whilst the rate of hospital admissions due to violence has decreased since 2009/10-2011/12, the largest decreases were mainly in the first four to five years, and there had been little change in the rate between 2014/15-2016/17 and 2017/18-2019/20, although decreases did occur in 2018-19-2020/21 and 2019/20-2021/22. However in the last year, the rate has increased to 56.1 admissions per 100,000 population.

There were 465 recorded admissions over the three year period 2021/22-2023/24 equating to an average of 155 per year.

The rate of violent offences has increased considerably over time between 2010/11 and 2021/22 from 17.7 to a high of 57.2 offences per 100,000 population. The rate has fallen slightly in 2023/24 but is still very high at 53.6 offences per 100,000 population compared to the rate in 2010/11 (three times higher). It is possible that the way crimes are recorded over time will affect the rate, but it would not account for such a large increase. It is also possible that reporting of crimes has changed over time as well.

In 2023/24, there were 14,403 violence offences reported to police in Hull.

The number of sexual offences per 1,000 population followed a very similar pattern to violent offences, increasing sharply between 2010/11 and 2018/19. Whilst the rate fell between between 2018/19 and 2019/20 from 4.6 to 4.0 per 1,000 population, the rate has remained at a similar level since then.

In 2023/24, there were 1,042 sexual offences that were reported to police in Hull.

Geographical Areas Most Affected By Crimes

The total number of crimes differs substantially across Hull. The information is available at lower layer super output area geographical level, of which there are 168 such areas in Hull (following the 2021 Census). The rates are given as the total number of crimes in 2023/24 per 1,000 residents. This gives a reasonable way to ‘standardised’ the number of crimes for most geographical areas. However, areas with higher daytime populations (people working or shopping in those geographical areas) and/or a vibrant night time economy, those with higher numbers of cars, cycles and shops will have higher rates of crime with the higher non-resident populations, as well as the higher number of vehicles and shops which could be targeted. This is the case with the city centre, and thus these areas have the highest levels of crime and anti-social behaviour reported.

The area with the highest rate crime and anti-social behaviour rate has a rate three times higher than any other lower layer super output area in Hull. The area covers Paragon Street, Jamison Street, King Edward Street, Prospect Street, Brook Street, Prospect shopping centre, Whitefriargate, some of Princes Quay shopping centre, Queen’s gardens, and most of the Old Town area of Hull down to the docks including Humber Street.

The two areas with the second highest crime rates cover an area south of part of Holderness Road covering roads Craven Street North to Jesmond Gardens; and an area in both St Andrew’s & Docklands ward and Newington & Gipsyville wards which includes most of Hessle Road and an area between Brighton Street in the west to Daltry Street in the east, and includes St Andrew’s Quay retail park. The two areas with the next highest rates are neighbouring areas; one covers an area both sides of Freetown Way between Beverley Road in the west and Charles Street / Caroline Street in the east, from Baker Street in the south to Brunswick Avenue in the north; the other covers the beginning of Spring Bank, Park Street, the north side of Anlaby Road as far as Hull Royal Infirmary, and most of St Stephen’s shopping centre. The eight areas with the next highest rates next highest rate occurred in an area west and south of the city centre (including Hull Marina, Kingston Retail Park and English Street); an area covering the western end of Spring Bank, Argyle Street and Derringham Street); an area around Princes Avenue; an area covering the southern side of Clough Road; an area covering Sutton Fields Industrial Estate; an area within West Carr ward which covers an area between Barnstable Road in the south, Honiston Road in the north, Holwell Road in the west and Wawne Road to the east; an area in Marfleet ward around Preston Road, to the east of Marfleet Lane and to the west of Annandale Road; an area in Longhill &Bilton Grange ward including Bilton Grange and the area around Alderman Kershaw Playing Fields.

Hull Data Observatory

Further information is also given for Hull on the Hull Data Observatory (opens a new window) which may provide more up-to-date information as it is automatically populated with new data.

The 12 month rolling rates for different types of crime generally show that Hull has higher rates of crime per 1,000 population compared to England and the Yorkshire and Humber region for violence and sexual offences, public order offences, criminal damage and arson, burglary, robbery, shoplifting and bicycle theft, lower rates for drugs and theft from a person, and similar rates or more variable rates for possession of weapons, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour. Some of these differences will be expected given that Hull is a city, and both England and the region include rural areas which generally have fewer crimes.

The Hull Data Observatory also includes the trends over time by crime type for each ward in Hull, and these differ considerably by ward and type of crime.

First-Time Offenders and Re-offending

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Fingertips presents information on the rate of first-time offenders, and re-offending. The number of first time offenders per 100,000 population for 2022, the percentage of offenders who re-offend within one year (or within a further six months to allow the offences to be proven in court), and the average number of re-offences per re-offender for 2021/22 are all substantially higher in Hull compared to England.

The rate of first time offenders in Hull is almost two-thirds higher than for England (62% higher), and the percentage of offenders who re-offend is around one-fifth higher in Hull compared to England(22% higher) whereas the average number of reoffences in Hull is 9% higher than England.

The rate of first time offenders has been quite variable, but has generally been decreasing since 2014 (although the rate in 2015 was particularly low). The number of first time offenders decreased significantly in 2020 – perhaps due to the COVID-19 pandemic – but increased slightly in 2021. With a further slight decrease in 2022, the rate in Hull is lower in 2022 than it was for 2019 prior to the pandemic, and is following a similar decreasing trajectory as it has been mostly doing since 2014.

In 2022, there were 629 first time offenders in Hull.

The percentage of offenders who re-offend within one year (or within a further six months to allow the offences to be proven in court) has shown a consistent decreasing trend in Hull between 2016/17 and 2021/22.

For 2021/22, around three in ten (30.6%) of offenders reoffended within six months with 975 reoffending out of 3,186 offenders.

The average number of re-offences per re-offender increased in Hull between 2016/17 and 2018/19, but decreased between 2018/19 and 2021/22.

There were 3,945 re-offences in total committed by the 975 reoffenders (around four re-offences for each reoffender).

Youth Offending

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Fingertips also presents information on the rate of first time entrants into the youth justice system (per 100,000 population), as well as the rate of children aged 10-17 years who have been cautioned or sentenced per 1,000 population (i.e. who are in the youth justice system by age).

For 2023, the rate of first time entrants into the youth justice system was 12% higher than England, while the rate of young people aged 10-17 years entering the youth justice system in Hull was 29% higher than England for 2020/21.

The first time entrants into the youth justice system included 10-17 year olds who receive their first reprimand, warning or youth caution per 100,000 population whereas the rate of 10-17 year olds within the youth justice system included those who have been cautioned or sentenced, so the two measures involve different measures and levels of severity.

Whilst the rate of first time entrants into the youth justice system have decreased in Hull, the rate has generally been higher than England. The rate for the latest year 2023 is 12% higher in Hull compared to England.

The number of first time entrants into the youth justice system – currently at 43 young people aged 10-17 years – is one-fifth of the number in 2011 (when there were 220 first time entrants into the youth justice system in Hull) and almost one-quarter the number in 2023 as there was in 2012 (when there were 170 first time entrants into the youth justice system in Hull).

The rate of young people within the youth justice system in Hull decreased sharply between 2013/14 and 2015/16, and whilst the rate increased between 2015/16 and 2016/17, the rate has generally fallen since then.

Over the period 2013/14 to 2020/21, the rate of young people entering the youth justice system has been statistically significantly higher in Hull compared to England with the exception of 2015/16.

The rate for the latest year 2020/21 is the lowest it has been since 2013/14.

For 2020/21, there were 87 young people aged 10-17 years who had previously received a caution or sentence.

Strategic Need and Service Provision

There are a number of initiatives and multi-agency work happening around domestic abuse, violence against women and girls, and responding to problems identified by communities.

The four key objectives in Hull’s Community Safety Partnership Strategy for 2022-25 are:

• reducing serious and violent crime;
• reducing the number of offenders and reoffenders;
• support for vulnerable people and victims of crime; and
• engaged and empowered communities.

The Police and Crime Plan for Humberside 2021-24 has three aims:

• Engaged, Resilient and Inclusive Communities;
• Safer Communities; and
• Effective Organisations.

Hull’s Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy 2022-2025 is primarily focussed on preventing and reducing harm to individuals; however, it is well integrated with other relevant plans and strategies that reflect the full breadth of alcohol and drug related issues across Hull. Such strategies and plans include the Safer Hull plans and programme through Community Safety Partnership, the Humberside Police Drugs Strategy, and Safeguarding and Early Help Strategies. The Government’s 10 year drug strategy, From Harm to Hope (2022) focuses on reducing crime associated with drug use and also improved treatment. Social return on investment tools for drugs and alcohol make the case for investing in drug and alcohol treatment programmes to reduce overall crime and anti-social behaviour to reduce costs incurred by drug and alcohol issues to society and the economy.

People’s circumstances can often be improved by early help, and any early help and intervention for all families should be timely, accessible and appropriate for their circumstances. Hull’s Early Help and Prevention offer is focused on a whole family approach which aims to identify individuals and families with problems and brings together different services and agencies to collectively look at what support is needed and then work together to deliver the required support in a coordinated way. The framework outlines the approach to ensure that collaboration and alignment of services, and that early help may be ‘early in life or at the earliest opportunity’ which is also part of the day job, helpful, non-stigmatising, preventative, targeted and tailored.

The COVID-19 pandemic, associated lockdowns, and changes to working and social behaviour is likely to have changed the number and type of crimes reported. With pubs, nightclubs and restaurants closed or with restrictions placed up on them during the lockdowns, this would have affected alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour. However, other crimes have been more prevalent such as domestic abuse with an increased number of calls and referrals into domestic abuse services. Following sustained local and national campaigns, domestic abuse reports rose during the pandemic and at March 2022, the number of victims receiving support has been at the highest levels ever for the city.

Resources

Dustmann, C. and F. Fasani, The effect of local area crime on the mental health of residents.  www.ucl.ac.uk. 2012, University College London: London.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (formerly Public Health England). Police and Crime Commissioner support pack 2018-19: key drug and alcohol data: Summary of area data for Police and Crime Commissioners: Kingston upon Hull. London, 2017.

Data Police UK. https://data.police.uk/

Hull Data Observatory. https://data.hull.gov.uk/crime-and-community-safety/

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Fingertips: https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/

Hull’s Community Safety Partnership Strategy for 2022-25. https://www.hull.gov.uk/crime-and-safety/community-crime-and-prevention/community-safety-partnership

Police and Crime Plan for Humberside 2021-24. https://www.humberside-pcc.gov.uk/Our-Work/Police-and-Crime-Plan.aspx

UK Government, 2022. From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/from-harm-to-hope-a-10-year-drugs-plan-to-cut-crime-and-save-lives

Hull City Council. Hull Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy 2022-2025. https://www.hull.gov.uk/sites/hull/files/media/Editor%20-%20Public%20health/Hull%20Alcohol%20and%20Drugs%20Strategy%202022-2025.pdf

Updates

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