The statistics, which cover Northumberland ... we are calling on everyone in the North East to come together to help tackle knife crime.

The number of knife and gun crimes has increased in the North East in the past year ... Figures from the Office of National Statistics show Northumbria Police recorded 917 offences involving ...

New figures from the ONS show that Cleveland has the highest rates of knife crime in the North East. Durham, Northumbria, Cleveland and North Yorkshire all recorded an increase in incidents ...

The North East Knife Crime Taskforce will be a public ... including your own family and friends.” Knife crime rates on Teesside are the second highest in the country and John Holden, Head ...

Campaigners are calling for life-saving knife crime education to be made part of the National Curriculum in schools. The North East Knife Crime Taskforce is to lobby Government to ensure children ...

On the day 15-year-old Leighton Amies was jailed for the murder of teenager Tomasz Oleszak we took a look at the issue of knife crime in our communities. Tomasz died last October after being ...