Knife crime statisticsBerman, GavinBerman G. Knife Crime Statistics - Standard Note: SN/SG/4304. London: House of Commons; 2012.
UK government statistics show that 24% of 16 year old boys report carrying knives or other weapons and 19% admitting attacking someone with the intent to harm. Although other weapons -- such as baseball bats, screwdrivers, and chains -- are also carried, by far the most common weapons are...
Cambridge criminologists worked with a Metropolitan Police detective to show that the number of assaults resulting inknifeinjuries over one year correlated with an increased risk of deadly knife crime in the same small areas the next year. DCI John J. Massey from the Met's Homicide Command manu...
The report showed 38 percent of knife and offensive weapon offences resulted in an immediate custodial sentence compared with 23 percent in the year ending September 2009. Knife crimes fell after 2009, but since 2014 there has been a gradual rise, according to official statistics. ...
Knife crime increased by 22 percent last year in England and Wales, with almost 40,000 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some fatal stabbings involved young people, particularly in London. ...
In the UK knife crime includes any incident involving a bladed instrument. The rate of this type of crime has been steadily increasing over the past five years, according to the Office for National Statistics. In the first six months of this year, 248 people were killed with a knife in En...
According to theOffice for National Statistics, incidents of knife crime are at an eight-year high across the UK, having increased by 44 per cent since March 2011. The trend hasn’t gone unnoticed - far from it. It’s an issue much discussed by politicians, public figures and experts acro...
Statistics OoN Police force area tables, crime in England & Wales, year ending March 2019 (2019) Released July 2019 (accessed 30 October 2019) Google Scholar [2] BBC. Killed in 2019: the UK's first 100 victims 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47476217. [Accessed 30 October 2019]...
This year, 13 police forces in Britain undertook coordinated action against knife crime, with further weeks of action planned for later this year. The coordinated response by police so far has resulted in 401 arrests and 2,111 weapons taken off the street. The campaign involved targeting habitual...
UK crime Police point to strains as number of crimes solved hits new low Only two in every 25 offences lead to police or court action, statistics show June 5 2019 Can treating knife crime like disease cut the death toll? Cities are taking their lead from doctors to tackle epidemics of sta...