Overview

• Chief Superintendent Mark Hall said officers faced unprecedented violence in Sunderland but maintained order and secured over 100 arrests that led to decades of prison terms
• Volunteers from Hartlepool’s Salaam Community Centre have continued outreach programmes and street clean-ups to turn last summer’s damage into lasting community projects
• The Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner has backed peer-mentoring schemes, misinformation workshops and a Community Tension Monitoring Group to shore up social cohesion
• Middlesbrough business owners report ongoing anxiety after rioters targeted homes and shops, with some residents still avoiding evening travel
• Regional police figures show a 34 percent rise in race and religious hate crimes in the six months following the unrest, driving calls for sustained integration efforts