not good, this is real england. great british here, but the situation is that

we are in middlesbrough, the largest city, right in the heart of cleveland, the center of criminal activity in england , and new statistics show that the crime rate recorded in cleveland police is 1,417 cases per thousand people, which means more than 14%. of the people who are here were victims of crime last year, with this in mind. this is almost 40% higher than the crime rate reported by the metropolitan police of london and more than 50% higher than the crime rate in england and wales. the region has the highest crime rate, including sexual assault, the second rate of knife-related crimes, and the fourth and worst rate of drug-related crimes in the country here. you immediately realize

the big challenges facing cleveland. we were threatened by several people in broad daylight and in the hamlington area of ​​middlesbrough it didn't take long for the crime to catch up with us. i always have to carry one of these knives with me to keep myself safe. you should always have a knife with you. i always walk with a knife just to be careful of myself, because in each of these streets you walk, maybe one find and hit you with a knife. do you have a knife too? not me he does not have a razor because he is always with me. no, no, i don't need a knife. do you know what i mean? have you ever had to use a knife? many times, but as always, i am not proud of him. when did you use the knife? well, it depends. of course, if someone doesn't bother me, i have nothing to do with them. but if someone wants to bother me, i will attack him sneakily without him seeing me and i will do my job immediately. it is not a problem at all. so what are you doing now? you know what i'm doing, i'm shivering from the cold. what do you mean we are in the middle of a deal

. i was shocked when i was faced with this man's arrogance, and once this man told us without the presence of the camera that he does not sell drugs himself, but there are children who sell these drugs to him. this is not unusual. now it's easier than ever to target young people using technology. crime is no longer limited to the streets, but has become increasingly online. within a few minutes i was able to establish drug dealers. in middlesbrough , i found them promoting their products on popular social media sites. this is just they are not selling illegal drugs. they claim that they can buy guns, knives, prescription drugs, counterfeit money, and fake credit cards with just one call. but some locals are fighting back. paul harris and davy leppard lived in middlesbrough all their lives. they see later.

the kids were fed up with a life full of crime and started a plan to keep kids off the streets more of our friends going to jail dying being narcissistic things are not the same things have changed and yes drugs play an important role in this relationship , they are everywhere, so the only thing that came to my mind was to give these kids a better chance and tell them not to go down this path and instead of ending up being a drug dealer, get a business. and have work, jobs, a better future and the best plans for their lives. how old was the youngest drug dealer you saw around this area? it might be an exaggeration, but i saw a 12-year-old kid doing this. was he selling drugs? yes, yes, very normal. you look at me as if you were shocked. this is normal but now i have to say, why are there so many knives, what

is going on, everything comes back to drugs, money and fame, these days we gather the children in this place so that they are safe from these dangers . popular they are active in arts and crafts. they cook hot food and even run a grocery store in this center. but in a situation where the local council is facing the risk of bankruptcy, the future of this center is in a state of uncertainty. if these children were not here, what

could happen to them? what are you doing i cannot speak for all of them. but they probably wander in the streets. they probably torment all the neighbors , they fight in the cold and dark street , there is really nothing for them to do, you know, as a mother , i tell my children to go out and play , but i am worried about where our children are. they can go it is a sad fact that for some people, crime is a part of fasting life and they have to accept it along with expression and reality. crime is part of everyone's daily life here. i do not feel safe at all. i do i can't even dream of going out after sarik hawa. the prostitutes are drug addicts. the houses are broken into and the lack of police presence is really terrible. this is terrible. my friend paul and i used to come here, but he doesn't do it anymore because of his safety. this is absolutely shocking

. i've lived in cannon park and carlow street. i 've lived everywhere you can think of . i do not provide security and they immediately return home, and there are many stories like this. the robbery here is related to the activity of the second criminal group big in clivelande. shoplifting is worse here than anywhere else shoplifting across england and wales has increased over the past two years, with the north east of england seeing the most thefts. with the increase in crime, some small store owners in cleveland had to install.

but he has been severely and repeatedly targeted by thieves. this is the cause. so that he can take drastic measures. how many times has it been stolen from here? i think it has been stolen from here 9 times. in the first 3 years, if i'm not mistaken, it was stolen 7 times. what i do now is with a wire i protect myself with thorns. i put the barbed wire here on the main entrance. if someone wants to come here from a truck or a car, then i will hide myself and no one can enter here at all. next, if someone wants to come in here from behind the canvas or through the wall, i will protect myself with this wire because i can't take the risk. it happened once and a guy came here and took the phone from me. and he ran away. after three days, the same boy came outside my shop with his other friends and called me

and said, come out, we want to talk to you. when i went out, he said, "do you want to buy this phone from me? it was my phone. my store had a sticker on it. he wanted to sell it to me again, and they told me that we consider you a smart person, so don't drag the police into this fight." we know where we live. i'm afraid. i'm really afraid. what is the reason for all these thefts? the prostitution industry, well , you know, they create problems because they sell prostitution to get money for their drugs, and most of the prostitutes here are addicted to prostitution . i told them that what you do has nothing to do with me, it's your business, but it's home. i don't want to do this because my children are around here, my children listen to what they say from the window, for example, people ask them how much money do you get for this work , my 11-year-old daughter asked me, dad, this i mean

, what should i answer to him? after a few moments, we saw closely what kind of situation he was dealing with. they lined up one by one. prostitution was also visible in broad daylight. but these women themselves are also at risk. last year, the cleveland police announced that to reduce injuries to 40 sex workers in the settlement area. crime and violence are the biggest problem in kalvinah and knife crime is at the top of them. with so many knife attacks happening across the uk right now, we wanted to meet the people involved in these crimes. with 3 people, a victim, a criminal and a grieving mother whose lives have changed forever. when you wake up.

i saw that they had knives with them, i said put your knives on the ground so that i will fight with you, one of them said that i will fight with you, you fool and so on. it was van's order that he put the knife on the ground then i moved behind me, one of them came towards me and i punched him in the face, his eyes turned round , then i went towards him again and moved towards him to fight him, then i felt that i was stabbed in the back , i tried to move away from there, but again they stabbed me and this time they hit my legs . as i fell on the ground, i was trying to protect myself from their blows . they started kicking me. they were very cowardly. on this side, on

the other side, not leaving a healthy place in my body in the two years that this happened, do you think the crime with knives have decreased. a 14-year-old boy was recently arrested with a knife. i asked him why he carries a knife and he said that i have a problem with people . this literally shows that carrying a knife. it has become a normal thing and because he knows that others carry knives, so this son of mine has to carry a knife with him. it seems that knife crime is seen everywhere in this area. we talked behind bars, i went out alone , i carried a knife to protect myself , i walked and asked a man to give me a cigarette. i threatened him and he said that he doesn't have it . i asked for the money and

he started fighting with them. unfortunately, he stabbed me 11 times, and of course i ran away and realized that the man was dead. now i feel that the sentence i got was justified and it changed my life completely. i recommend it to anyone who is thinking of picking up a knife. i tell him not to do that because he's an idiot . they carry a knife and probably don't want to use it, but they are with their friends and they might use a knife under the pressure of their peers . it seems regrettable that he has this opportunity now. to change his life for the better, but not everyone is so lucky.

barbara's son, robert , was stabbed in the back with an ornamental samurai sword a few meters from his house and killed. his tireless campaign against the use of weapons cold weather led to the banning of similar weapons. but after more than 20 years, his mental wounds are still fresh and have never fully healed. i got to the hospital, i was very nervous , i was literally nervous before i went to the hospital, his friend called me and said your son is gone, i told him where he went because i didn't know what happened, i called the hospital and the receptionist told me that he has been discharged and

is at home. later, his friend called again and said that he had gone, i called his father, even though years have passed since this incident, i was terrified. that day, i go up and down the stairs of the house many times. i arrived at the hospital and screamed right through the front door. this was a normal thing. and i told the receptionist that you told me he was at home, but people say he was stabbed and died. at that moment i told myself that this situation should end. find out that stories like barbara's story reveal the heavy challenges imposed on the local community, but how can meaningful change be made, be it violence , anti-social behavior, theft, or any other crime? material related drugs, the state of drug use in this

area, you can find any kind of drugs here, it is known as krag city. i know many kids who smoke crack when they are 14, 15 or even 16 years old, that is , they smoke crack before the age of 16. i am not exaggerating. the situation is very bad. crack is found everywhere. it is like an epidemic with crack. what causes this to happen? crimes are only for drugs, so it's all because of drugs. i can always guarantee that i see drug dealers everywhere, even from the working class. everyone they do this. this is not only seen among the people of the lower class of society, but it is seen everywhere. references to the issue of drugs are everywhere here. the police go to many buildings here and the name of the criminal is written on the buildings for everyone to see. cleveland police in a special and specialized operation in an effort

to deal with the drug crisis and root out drug trafficking groups. but large scale. the problem here is shocking. just a few days before our arrival, a large cannabis plantation was discovered and attacked here. filming from we were the place where we got more information with a big discovery. the police are constantly fighting to deal with drugs in this area, as soon as they arrest someone for producing drugs , another person is replaced in the supply of drugs. we heard that the cleveland police this morning to a property in hartlepool. he attacked and found quantities of hornwort, the main ingredient in the production of hashish, worth 200,000 pounds. so we go there to take a look. how do you know about the existence of this tomb? does it have a special smell or do you find them with prior knowledge? one of the dangers that exist

it is that this phenomenon grows widely and there is a risk of a big fire. if you are in the neighborhood of these houses. you live, a great danger threatens your blood. people do not understand the issue. the police are facing big hurdles here. but isn't it surprising that since 2010 the number of officers here has decreased by 14 percent? in 2019, this force took special measures to increase the number of its forces, and despite the removal of these measures last year , people here are still worried. do you feel safe in cleveland now? no not really. in your opinion are the police corrupt? definitely corrupt. why do you think they should bring the special forces here? because cleveland police forces are not doing their job properly. here are 10-year-old children who take naps because of drug use. we are not going to arrest them. the police won't help you much,

because the police aren't really interested. social institutions are not really interested in helping. we work together with local community members. one of the most important roles of the journalist profession, especially when it comes to public security, is to inquire about the matter from the authorities. during the last three months we have repeated requests to speak we talked with the cleveland police, but this force said: considering that he spoke to several media a few days before our arrival, he is very busy, but the police and the criminal commissioner of the district, sir. agree to do the interview . steve turner was elected to this position on behalf of the conservative party in the 2021 election. he is facing another election this year and was eager to say what he has done to improve the situation. what i promise the people is that they deserve an efficient and effective police force, and that's what we're looking for here.

so we have data on the amount of crimes we look based on the percentage of the population. but when you look at the arrest data as a percentage of the population, we are the second best force in the country in terms of apprehending criminals. we have increased our search and inspection here by about 40%. you have been in power for 3 years, why didn't this happen earlier ? let's put them back on track, you know, start exploiting what the people of cleveland should know is that contrary to what the media

reports, the police force is not a violent force. yes , the crime rate is high. we live in a difficult place and we cannot please others and there is no escape from it. and a lot of work needs to be done, and there is a strange majority of people who agree that crime is a crime. do not see many crimes go unreported and this affects very few people. steve is naturally eager to defend his records and his hometown. but his words what we saw and from the local community we heard that it does not reflect. yes crime is not seen everywhere. meanwhile, in some areas, more crime is seen than in other places. but anyway, the crime is visible here. residents talk about it in a real way.

i can give you an answer. in general, you tell me what more i can do. there is only one way left, and that is to make a wall and cover it so that no one can enter. i lived here all my life and grew up better than anyone, i know the problems in this area, that's why i really want to do something for it, the way they use to deal with issues. it's not true, it's not about money, they should get the right help.

while housing costs in america have increased. new research shows a link between evictions and early death , a link that suggests it 's even stronger than during the pandemic. during the first two years of the covid-19 crisis, the death rate of renters facing eviction more than doubled. we

live with residents across the country concerned about the destabilizing impact of evictions. i am the mother of a wonderful 10-year-old boy. in december 202, we were kicked out of my house they did after two years of struggling to pay the rent , i faced eviction. the only thing i felt was my blood pressure dropping. at that moment, i saw that i fell in the street. here in dallas we have a problem with homelessness and i found myself in this situation. after living in the house that i had rented for a year and when i complained about the water and electricity bill, instead of solving the problem, the landlord decided to get an eviction order for me , where should i go, this was my main problem because

i could be homeless. no option for a working mother and a son who does well in school did not exist we were meant to be part of a community. the decline happened quickly and i had insomnia at night. my diet had changed. i was on my feet when i got rid of this stress and chronic pain that i had been dealing with before. i was living in a hotel for about 6 or 7 months until we finally found a room to rent. we didn't have a house to cook in. in addition , we were suffering from covid, virus and cold, and

there was always a fear of going to the doctor. you try he had found it, it was terrible, it was so scary i was stressed that one day i got a heart fever, my body was sweating and i felt nauseous, i didn't even think i could make it to the other side of the street. if you enter this stage while you are in relatively good health , you will eventually perish at the end of this period. this is a disease that at this stage has no name other than dismissal.

and renter advocates raised the alarm that these people seem to be mostly black renters, especially women with children. in this new study, we found that about 30 percent of black women who rent with their children face the threat of eviction every year but we have to do something about these inequalities by using different solutions

. we have to think about politics. think racially in the housing sector, which has driven some americans into expensive uncontrolled and often exploitative rental markets where evictions have become part of the business model. in your new research, which has just been published , court records have been examined. these are people who are facing eviction cases and are threatened with deportation.

related to dismissal and health. therefore, whether it is giving priority to rent over health care and whether it is food or the experience of extreme instability related to housing after eviction. in this study, we found that employers who were threatened with eviction had a mortality rate during the pandemic that was almost double what we would have expected based on pre-pandemic mortality rates. this shows the current death rate in people who are in the order and how can you determine what factors you are expelling that people suffered during the epidemic period. i mean, for example, access to health care. analyze this different paths are difficult. i think the case of the expulsion of these people actually shows the risk of a

bad event. like yourself layoffs are also a more general indicator of financial problems. we know that the threat of eviction has negative effects on people's health, even if they are never fired. therefore, the constant stress associated with finding a house to rent or facing eviction is a traumatic process. there is an interpretation and that is that the rent must be paid first. we know that tenants tend to go up when the rent goes up. other needs such as food and care sacrifice hygiene, which can often be related to before the dismissal. therefore, all these messages combine with each other over time in such a way as to form the state of health that is related to before and after.