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The scale of violence against women and girls in our country is intolerable and this government will treat it as the national emergency that it is. The police are a crucial partner to deliver our ambition to halve VAWG in the next decade.<\/p>

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We must drastically improve the police and wider criminal justice response, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and across the country.<\/p>

We expect to see sustained work across policing to drive up standards and to ensure there is always a swift and specialist response to these appalling crimes. We know that these crimes are underreported, and we will take action to ensure victims coming forward get the response they deserve.<\/p>

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The most recent statistics show that in the year ending March 2024:<\/p>

In Newcastle under Lyme, police recorded:<\/p>