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The Serious Violence Duty in the will require local partnerships to complete a strategic needs assessment to understand how violence is affecting their communities and to help them develop a response strategy.

This guidance explains the framework and component parts of a serious violence strategic needs assessment, as well as how to use data to inform your results and recommendations.

The strategic needs assessment process will involve a wide range of partners and stakeholders, including:

• local authorities
• the police
• the fire service
• criminal justice agencies
• health authorities
• children鈥檚 services and education
• the voluntary sector
• the local community

You should read this guidance alongside the Home Office鈥檚 Serious Violence Duty: draft guidance.