Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland

What Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland does

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland (OPCC) is a public sector government body established in 2012 under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. It supports the elected Police and Crime Commissioner — currently Matt Storey — in holding Cleveland Police to account, setting the police and crime plan, setting the force budget and council tax precept, and commissioning community safety and victim services across the Cleveland force area (Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland). The OPCC operates from a headquarters at St Marks Court, Thornaby, with a stated staff headcount of 36 and an annual budget of £1,065k (0.6% of Cleveland's total policing budget).

The OPCC's core delivery vehicle is the Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence (CURV), launched in 2022 as one of 20 Home Office-funded Violence Reduction Units. CURV runs custody navigators, A&E navigators, education navigators, focused deterrence programmes, the Businesses Against Abuse scheme, and the Knife Crime Action Fund (grants of £5,000–£25,000). The OPCC also commissions the Victim Care and Advice Service (VCAS) and Restorative Cleveland, and funds specialist services including Harbour Support Services (domestic abuse specialists embedded in the 999 control room under Raneem's Law), Hart Gables (LGBTQ+ hate crime support), and Daisy Chain (neurodivergent young people workshops). The consumer-facing technology asset is the COPA (Cleveland Online Policing App), launched September 2022, developed with Stockton-based Alt Labs for iOS and Android to enable public reporting, victim service access, and anonymous crime reporting via Crimestoppers.

The OPCC generates no commercial revenue. It is funded by the police precept (council tax levy) and Home Office grants, with services delivered free at point of use. Total administered funding is roughly £1.3M from the Home Office for CURV (2025-2026) plus £335k from the Safer Streets 5 fund, on top of the OPCC's own £1M annual budget. Since 2022, the OPCC has deployed £1,402,317 in anti-violence programmes reaching 130,000+ people and 38 schools. In 2026 Cleveland Police achieved HMICFRS Level One status and the OPCC won a national award for Independent Custody Visiting. The UK Government has announced the abolition of the PCC role from 2028, creating a finite structural horizon for the entity.

Name

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland

Legal name

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland

Website

https://cleveland.pcc.police.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland is a public sector body that holds Cleveland Police to account, sets the police budget and crime plan, and commissions community safety and victim services across the Cleveland force area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety / Policing Governance

NAICS

Police Protection (922120)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Public safety services
• Policing accountability
• Violence reduction programmes
• Victim support services
• Community safety funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Thornaby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: OPCC budget of £1,065k per year, representing 0.6% of Cleveland's total annual policing budget. Funded through Home Office grants and council tax precept. CURV receives dedicated Home Office funding (£1,342,845 in latest round for 2025-2026).

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Core offering

The OPCC supports the elected Police and Crime Commissioner in holding Cleveland Police to account, setting police and crime objectives via the Police and Crime Plan 2024-2029, setting the force budget and council tax precept, and commissioning community safety and criminal justice partner services. Core operational units include CURV (Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence), the COPA mobile application for public engagement, the Victim Care and Advice Service, and the Restorative Cleveland programme. All services are publicly funded and free at point of use for Cleveland residents.

Product overview

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland operates as a portfolio of policing, community safety, and victim support services rather than a unified software product. The primary consumer-facing product is COPA (Cleveland Online Policing App), a mobile application for reporting policing issues and accessing services. The CURV (Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence) initiative encompasses multiple sub-programmes including Businesses Against Abuse training, A&E and Custody Navigator services, knife crime prevention initiatives, and the Knife Crime Action Fund. Victim support services include the Victim Care and Advice Service (VCAS), Restorative Cleveland, and the Protect and Support Fund. The organisation also provides resources like bleed control cabinets and coordinates broader policing accountability through the OPCC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• COPA (Cleveland Online Policing App) A mobile application enabling members of the public to report policing and community safety issues, ask questions, give feedback on police experiences, access victim support services, and report crime anonymously via a link to CrimeStoppers.
• CURV (Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence) A violence reduction partnership that uses leadership, system change and data-sharing to reduce violent crime across Cleveland, operating as part of a national network of 20 violence reduction units.
• Businesses Against Abuse (BAA) A free training and accreditation scheme helping businesses create safe spaces for people in need, tackling violence against women and girls, child exploitation, and knife crime.
• Victim Care and Advice Service (VCAS) A free, confidential support service for victims of crime in Cleveland, provided regardless of whether the crime has been reported to police.
• Restorative Cleveland A service providing opportunities for victims to communicate with offenders and influence justice outcomes through restorative justice processes.
• Protect and Support Fund A funding mechanism for grants supporting community safety, victim support and crime prevention projects delivered by third-sector partners in Cleveland.
• Knife Crime Action Fund A funding programme supporting local charitable and voluntary sector organisations to deliver community-based interventions aimed at reducing knife crime, with grants ranging from £5,000 to £25,000.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cleveland Police achieved Level One status (highest) under new HMICFRS Police Performance System
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Harbour Support ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Domestic abuse specialists from Harbour work directly within Cleveland Police's 999 control room to provide real-time advice to officers on assessing risk and identifying safeguarding opportunities. Delivers Raneem's Law pilot (part of Government VAWG strategy).
• Hart GablescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Delivers Thrive Beyond Hate project offering one-to-one and group support to LGBTQ+ victims of hate crime, with £12,384 funding from Protect and Support Fund.
• Daisy ChaincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Delivers Stronger Voices workshops for autistic and neurodivergent young people aged 11-25 on unsafe relationships, online safety, exploitation and risk-taking behaviours. £15,000 funding from Protect and Support Fund.
• Ivison TrustsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in Businesses Against Abuse training scheme alongside ARCH, St John Ambulance and Eva Women's Aid, providing training on violence against women and girls, child exploitation and bleed kit awareness.
• ARCH (local partner)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in Businesses Against Abuse training scheme alongside Ivison Trust, St John Ambulance and Eva Women's Aid.
• St John AmbulancesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in Businesses Against Abuse training scheme providing bleed kit awareness training.
• Eva Women's AidsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in Businesses Against Abuse training scheme providing specialist expertise on violence against women and girls.
• MFC PL KickssupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Sport-based intervention partner for CURV violence reduction programmes, engaging young people through football and sports activities.
• Safer Communities / Restorative ClevelandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Delivers Victim Care and Advice Service (VCAS) and Restorative Justice services on behalf of PCC, enabling victims to communicate with offenders and access support.
• North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative with Cleveland Police, Durham Constabulary and Northumbria Police under Operation Sentinel to target serious and organised crime, drug supply, exploitation, and cyber crime across the North East.
• CrimestopperscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational charity providing anonymous reporting channel for weapons, knives and crime. PCC backs Crimestoppers campaigns to drive down serious violence and encourage community information sharing.
• Alt LabscoreTechnology or IntegrationStockton-based digital agency that developed the COPA (Cleveland Online Policing App) in partnership with PCC Steve Turner's team and Cleveland Police. App launched September 2022.
• Silver Lining AnimationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnimation studio that brought anti-knife crime superhero characters designed by children to life for CURV's youth safety education programme.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Home Office: UK central-government department that funds VRUs (including CURV) and legislates policing accountability. The OPCC's strategic environment is shaped by Home Office policy and grant cycles, making it the most consequential ecosystem actor.
• Crimestoppers: National charity providing anonymous crime reporting infrastructure that the Cleveland OPCC directly integrates into the COPA app. Functions as an enabling ecosystem partner rather than a competing body.
• North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU): Regional cross-force organised-crime unit jointly funded by Cleveland, Durham, and Northumbria PCCs. Operates Operation Sentinel, making it a directly adjacent delivery partner for the Cleveland OPCC's serious-violence agenda.
• Harbour Support Services: Cleveland domestic-abuse charity that places specialists inside Cleveland Police's 999 control room under the OPCC-commissioned Raneem's Law pilot. Operates as a downstream delivery partner rather than a competing body.

Direct peers

• Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire: Larger English OPCC operating the same statutory model (Police and Crime Plan, precept-setting, victim commissioning). Comparable in function though serving a much larger metropolitan population.
• Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham: Regional peer OPCC jointly delivering Operation Sentinel with Cleveland, Northumbria, and Cleveland Police. Operates under the same 2011 Act with directly comparable accountability, budget-setting, and violence-reduction commissioning functions.
• Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire: Statutory OPCC for a neighbouring English county. Shares identical statutory basis, Police and Crime Plan model, and commissioning role; notably the Cleveland OPCC's CFO also serves as CFO here, evidencing direct operational overlap.
• Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria: North East England peer OPCC participating in NEROCU and Operation Sentinel. Operates under the same statutory framework with overlapping violence-reduction, victim-services commissioning, and police accountability mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Greater Manchester Police: Large English metropolitan force held to account by its own PCC. Comparable policing-force counterpart rather than another OPCC, but operates the same victim support, violence-reduction, and community safety programmes at scale.
• Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC): London's equivalent policing accountability body, established via a different route (GLA Act) but performing the same statutory oversight, budget-setting, and victim commissioning functions at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Cleveland_PCC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiue4iKfj1UdIlKI0etPZVA
• Facebookfacebook.com/ClevelandPCC
• Instagraminstagram.com/clevelandopcc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clevelandopcc

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