Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s Violence Reduction Alliance (VRA) is a multi-agency partnership aiming to work together to strengthen the visibility, early identification and partnership response to prevent violence and its associated harms.
Overall crime rates within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are well below national and regional averages; however, to improve our position through early intervention and prevention the Staffordshire Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Commissioner formed the VRA in March 2021.
The VRA works in partnership with a broad range of agencies to understand the causes and consequences of violence, focusing on early intervention and prevention and informed by evidence and evaluation of interventions.
The VRA takes a public health approach to tackling violence by working with a range of agencies, with no professional boundaries, to address its root causes.
They use data to understand violent crimes better and take an evidence-based approach to ensure the interventions we use are likely to work. By understanding the root causes of violence both short- and long-term solutions are generated.
Read more about the VRA’s priorities, plan and initiatives here.
