Charity and police team up in Peterborough in bid to reduce knife crime
Cambridgeshire Police have teamed up with charity Redeeming Our Communities to bring about a reduction in knife crime.
According to the most recently released crime stats, knife crime say an increase in Cambridgeshire and in April, the city was rocked by the news that Baye Bireme Fall was stabbed to death in Orton Goldhay.
Redeeming Our Communities is a national charity set up 22 years ago to work with police forces across the UK to bring together to to work together for safer, stronger communities and to protect young people.
As the first part of their partnership with Cambridgeshire Police, a survey has been designed to engage with young people to assess when and where they feel safe in the city and when and where they don’t.
Redeeming Our Communities Executive Director Debra Green said: “We want to avoid knife crime becoming any further of a problem in Peterborough.
“We want to find out the views of young people as to when they do and don’t feel safe in the city. We want to spot patters in what is reported back.
“We also want to find out if there are enough affordable activities in the for young people and what more could be done in this area.
"It is not just the reality that is important to us, it is also the perception of why people don’t feel safe at certain times and in certain areas, when they should.
“Based on the responses we get, we will look at designing activities that young people want to see as well as sign-posting when necessary to some of the great projects that are already ongoing.”
The survey has been sent out to all schools, colleges and youth organisations in a bid to get the views of young people on life in the city in order to drive improvements.