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Violence in all its forms is of paramount public concern. It has a devastating and far-reaching effect on victims, victims' families and the community at large. Similarly, the fear of violence greatly impacts on many people across society.

That is why the Government has prioritised all violence with injury as part of its overarching framework of Public Service Agreements. The Violent Crime Unit (VCU) owns the widened PSA 23 priority action 1, to reduce all violence with injury and tackle the most serious violence, serious sexual offences and domestic violence.

The vision of the Tackling Violence Action Plan (TVAP) published in February 2008 was to save lives, reduce harm and protect the public to support the delivery of Public Service Agreement (PSA) 23(1). The TVAP framework focused on seriousness, managing risk and support for victims. In August 2009 we published An Action Plan for Tackling Violence 2008-11 One Year On. This report shows the progress made over the first year of implementation and introduces the new wider commitment to reduce all violence with injury. We will not lose our focus on seriousness and will continue to monitor our progress closely and build on the positive work we have done to address public concern over all forms of violence

Our aims and objectives in tackling violence are to:

• Reduce gun crime and gang related violence
• Tackle knife crime and other serious youth violence
• Improve the investigation and prosecution of rape
• Protect children from sex offenders
• Share good practice in tackling domestic violence
• Reduce street prostitution
• Tackle all forms of violence against women and other vulnerable people
• Develop and deliver the hate crime strategy

We are committed to working closely with our partners and the public at all levels - neighbourhood, local and national. Delivering on those aims should enable people to live freely, contribute to their local community and prosper in their daily lives, and that goal is at the heart of the Home Office's approach to reducing crime.

On this website you can find out about each of the policy areas that VCU covers by clicking on the relevant tab above. The information you can access includes Home Office action plans and strategies to tackle all forms of violent crime and links to other useful documents and websites relevant to the subject area.

You will also find links to crime statistics in England and Wales via the Stats tab above.

 

 

Last update: Thursday, October 15, 2009