00:00new figures for the northumbria police area show knife-enabled serious violence rose from one thousand and twelve incidents to
00:08one thousand one hundred and seventy nine in twelve months to me that is a sixteen per cent rise year
00:15on year
00:15the figures include offenses where a knife or bladed object is used and where someone threatens an offense while saying
00:23they have one the commissioner says the rise is linked to increases in robbery and assault with intent to cause
00:30serious harm robbery rose by eighty eight percent from one thousand two hundred and thirty nine cases to two thousand
00:38three hundred and twenty five between may twenty twenty five and may twenty twenty six a classification change affected
00:45figures the report says there were falls elsewhere homicide levels have dropped while hospital admissions among under twenty fives for
00:54assault with a sharp object have also dropped the police and crime commissioners annual update stated that over three hundred
01:02participants these include youth workers and community leaders have completed the commissioned violence prevention ambassadors program the program covers knife
01:12crime strategies gangs and youth violence
01:15these figures show a mixed picture with knife enabled serious violence and robbery rising alongside falls in homicides and hospital
01:24admissions the update puts the focus on enforcement and prevention across northumbria
