Knife crime statisticsBerman, GavinBerman G. Knife Crime Statistics - Standard Note: SN/SG/4304. London: House of Commons; 2012.
This is a modal window. undefined OK Close Modal Dialog Knife crime campaigner Lucy Martindale shares how essential it is to support young people who have been in contact with knives.Why you can trust Sky News Watch Next Trump criticises Putin and postpones EU tariffs Train service re...
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...
Across England and Wales, there were 4,100 hospital admissions after attacks involving a sharp object last year, down from 4,800 in 2019. Cumbria Constabulary recorded 210 offences involving a knife or a sharp weapon in 2019-20, Office for National Statistics data shows. Ninety-seven were repo...
The introduction of the ‘knife-enabled’ feature code in 2001 fundamentally changed the way knife-enabled crimes were categorised and reported. This ultimately led to a problematic public definition of ‘knife crime’ as we understand it today...
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. ...
If we were to use a legal definition of adulthood beginning at age 18, statistics would suggest sharp instrument assault is predominantly an adult problem. Available recorded crime rates show that 10–17 year olds represent around one in five of knife crime perpetrators (Allen & Audickas, ...
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. ...
The number of knife crimes in England rose to 48,341 in the year to April 2024, from 27,667 in the year to April 2014, according for the Office for National Statistics. More than a quarter of the incidents took place in London. ...
The new statistics blow apart police and Government claims that knife crime rates have barely changed in ten years. Their figures ONLY include stabbings where victims are so badly hurt they need hospital treatment - NOT the hundreds of cases of people too scared to go to the cops or a doc...