2017 was a year of widespread knife crime in Britain. According to official statistics, knife crime was up by 20 percent to 34,703 incidents in the past year – the highest in seven years. Knife crime in London accounted for 40 percent of that. This video from January is representative of...
CRIME statisticsCONTENT analysisCRIMEKNIVESAGE groupsKnife crime has become a common phrase used by the media, but it is not always clear what it refers to or what they mean when they use the term. Knife crime can cover many offences, making it challenging to define and esti...
Bereaved families have come together to help produce a series of films to try to educate school students about knife crime.
Relatives of victims of knife crime have told Sky News they want further action to limit the availability of other weapons, such as ninja swords. Saturday 21 September 2024 20:03, UK This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Technical details : ...
Despite the recent spate of knife violence and homicide in some UK cities, the number of people injured in serious violence in England and Wales dropped by 1.7 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to a report published by Cardiff University.
The Opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn said May was not doing enough to tackle the root causes of knife crime. The criticism was echoed as Lord Stevens, the former commissioner of the Met Police, blasted the prime minister's handling of crime and policing. ...
The system, called the National Data Analytics Solution (NDAS), uses a combination of AI and statistics to try to assess the risk of someone committing or becoming a victim of gun or knife crime, as well as the likelihood of someone falling victim to modern slavery. ...
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More than half the murders in Glasgow involved a knife and in nearly half the murder cases that come to court the accused was drunk. Other cities have been hit by a rise in gun crime. The notorious shootings of Letisha Shakespeare, 17, and Charlene Ellis, 18, shot dead in Aston on ...
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...