Mayor Praises Met over 12% Fall in Knife CrimesKNIFE crime in London has fallen by 12 per cent as overall offending dropped to its lowest level for 10 years, Met figures revealed today.Bentham, Martin
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...
LONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing criticism over the control of knife crimes after recent deaths of youngsters. The criticism came days after two 17-year-old youngsters were killed in separate knife attacks in the country. May told Parliament on Wednesday...
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. ...
2551Accesses Abstract 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 earlie...
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 figu...
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...
Police have also been targeting knives over the past few years as the country has seen a drastic uptick in knife crimes. A few years ago we wrote about and mocked how the UK wasthinking about banning zombie knives. Sure, zombie knives are a bizarre conceit that companies seized upon during...
The number of knife crimes has reached its highest level for nine years. Figures by the Ministry of Justice show more than 21,000 offences were dealt with in 2018 - the highest number since 2009. But it's something crime prevention teams in the Thames Valley are passionate about changing. ...
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. ...