One locksmith attended an 'enormous amount' of lockdown callouts associated with domestic crime.
Locksmiths may provide insight into the scale of domestic abuse, Stockton's health and wellbeing board heard
Locksmiths and glaziers should be added to a list of businesses that authorities work with to tackle domestic violence, a meeting has heard.The town's health and wellbeing board heard one locksmith had attended an "enormous amount" of domestic crime related callouts during lockdowns. Officials are working with frontline shop staff, hairdressers and posties in a bid to greater understand the crime.Domestic crime recorded across the borough between March 2020 and February 2021, and the following year, rose by 4.3% - with violent incidents increasing by 5.3%, data revealed.Louise Baldock, Parkfield and Oxbridge councillor, said she was "startled" by one locksmith's revelations.
"I always ask people how they've managed their businesses during the pandemic. I asked the locksmith and imagined he didn't have to do much with people not changing their tenancies, or businesses not operating," she said. "But he said he had to deal with an enormous amount of domestic violence lock changes. I was really startled by that - that's from the horse's mouth."The Labour member suggested glaziers and locksmiths could be added to a list of businesses in gauging abuse cases,"I know there are other reasons why people's windows go through - in my ward that's often related to drug dealing," she added.
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