Tag: Guns Gangs and Knives
CRIME STATISTICS – KNIFE CRIME DOWN IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE
The Crime Statistics have been published today, (Thursday, 24 January 2019) by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
FUNDING AWARDED FROM THE HOME OFFICE EARLY INTERVENTION FUND
South Yorkshire is to receive £1,245,680 from the Home Office Early Intervention Fund for two projects to target young people at risk of becoming involved in crime.
STATEMENT FROM DR BILLINGS ON VIOLENT CRIME
“The Mayor of London says that it will take a decade or even a generation before London can turn round the rise in violent crime. This is a counsel of despair. It is not how we see things in South Yorkshire.
PUBLICATION OF THE ONS CRIME STATISTICS – OCTOBER 2018
“The Crime Statistics published today show that crime has risen across the country including South Yorkshire, in the year June 2017-2018.
YOYO CAMPAIGN UPDATE
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s campaign to engage with young people is back in schools this month. YOYO - which stands for You’re Only Young Once - is an early intervention programme delivered in classrooms
PUBLICATION OF THE ONS CRIME STATISTICS – JULY 2018
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner said: “I note today’s crime statistics from the ONS. The crime figures present a mixed picture – drug offences down by 7% in South Yorkshire but violence against the person up by 35%.
YOYO CAMPAIGN SPRINGS BACK IN TO ACTION
The YOYO campaign funded by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner will be back visiting South Yorkshire schools in the coming weeks.
STATEMENT FROM DR BILLINGS ON KNIFE CRIME
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner said: “The stabbing of a fifteen year old boy is a matter of great sorrow for his family.
YOYO AWARDS CEREMONY HELD AT HALLAM FM STUDIOS
The first YOYO Awards were held on Wednesday, 9 May at the Hallam FM studios in Sheffield and were attended by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Dr Alan Billings.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE’S FIRST KNIFE BIN LAUNCHED IN SPITAL HILL
The first knife bin in South Yorkshire has been installed outside the Lighthouse on Handley Street, Burngreave (in Spital Hill) to help rid the area of knives and other weapons and stop the violence associated with them.
PUBLICATION OF THE ONS CRIME STATISTICS – APRIL 2018
VIOLENT CRIME ROUND TABLE MEETING WITH THE HOME SECRETARY
“At the end of March I was invited to London by Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, to be part of a round table discussion on violent crime, especially knife crime, ahead of the government announcing its new strategy.