London accounts for a third of all knife crimes in the country and the city has played a key role in taking the national total to its new peak. There were 75 offences of attempted murder using a blade, 749 threats to kill with a knife, and 5,145 knife crimes which either resulted in...
Byline: DANNY BRIERLEYTHE full extent of London's knife crime epidemic is revealed in new figures published today.A staggering 7,428 knife crimes a third of all the non-fatal offences in England and Wales were committed in London in a year the equivalent of more than 20 each day.The ...
Knife crimes fell after 2009, but since 2014 there has been a gradual rise, according to official statistics. Justice minister Chris Philp said the government was recruiting 20,000 more police officers and was extending stop-and-search powers and ensuring the most violent offenders are kept in p...
The reported cited London as having the highest level of knife crimes in the country, with a rate of 137 crimes for each 100,000 of the population. There were over 12,000 knife crimes recorded in the British capital last year, a 24 percent rise over the previous year. Home Secretary Amb...
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. This chapter retraces the earliest public uses of ...
Yesterday Knife Crime: Avon and Somerset Police fifth nationally for 'serious offences' Avon and Somerset Police has recorded the most knife crimes in the South West and came fifth in England. 31 Jan Two more teenagers arrested after 16 year-old stabbed in chest Campaigners back government ...
In the first six months of this year, 248 people were killed with a knife in England and Wales, while between 2017 and 2018, crimes involving knives increased by 17 percent across the UK. But is this an accurate assessment fo the situation? Data for emergency admissions to hospitals in Eng...
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. But children have been targeted in the UK in other ty...
Pre-emptive Policing: Can Technology be the Answer to Solving London's Knife Crime Epidemic? As knife-related crimes continue to increase it has become an ever-growing area of concern in the UK. The highest rates were recorded in the London Metropo... S Smart-Akande,J Pinney,C Hewage,.....
Exploring Twitter to Analyze the Public's Reaction Patterns to Recently Reported Homicides in London Crime is an ubiquitous part of society. The way people express their concerns about crimes has been of particular interest to the scientific community. Ove... K Ourania,TJ Lampoltshammer,G Elizabe...