Serious violence neared pre-pandemic levels in August, but overall rates were lower, say researchers.
Serious violence increased by nearly a quarter after Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased in England and Wales last year, a study suggests.Serious violence almost reached pre-pandemic levels last August, however, the Cardiff University report suggests 2021 levels were below previous years.
"Violence levels ebbed and flowed throughout 2020 as restrictions were eased and tightened," says the report. Although violence saw a sharp rise in 2021, the year as a whole saw levels of violence down 24% compared with 2017 and 49% compared 2011, for example. The Cardiff University team says its "public health perspective of violence represents the only overall measure of violence causing serious, non-fatal harm" during this period.
The report's authors also studied violence in Scotland for the first time, with an estimated 8,549 people attending emergency units for violence-related injury in 2021.The authors say their findings highlight the need for police resources to be targeted at hot spots identified from A&E data.
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