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Victims of fatal knife crime attacks to be honoured at Knife Angel vigil
26 Apr 2024 12:53 GMT
… lead for serious violence. Anti-knife crime ambassador Quinton Green will also … Glenn says Northamptonshire Police takes knife crime “incredibly seriously” and supporting … Operation Sceptre, aimed at preventing knife crime and tackling those involved. This …
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Sadiq Khan stands by machete joke as knife crime 'increases in London by 20%'
26 Apr 2024 08:50 GMT
… reported earlier this week that knife crime in London has hit a …
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Mapped: Worst areas for knife crime in the UK as incidents rise across country
25 Apr 2024 19:53 GMT
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The number of offences involving a knife or sharp instrument increased by 7 per cent last year, official …
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‘Sadiq Khan is focusing more on Gaza than Londoners getting stabbed’ blasts James Cleverly as knife crimes soar
25 Apr 2024 17:22 GMT
… cent to 6,367 and knife crime up 7 per cent to … with another steep increase in knife crime and robbery, and record high …
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West Midlands ranked among 'worst' for knife crime in national statistics
25 Apr 2024 15:33 GMT
… after it was revealed that knife crime offences recorded by police forces … had a higher rate of knife crime than its London or Manchester …
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Knife crime offences: What the latest figures show
25 Apr 2024 11:52 GMT
Knife crime offences recorded by police forces … targeted police action to tackle knife crime,” the ONS said.
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Of the 49,489 knife crime offences last year, 29% (14 …
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MP hands knife crime petition by mum of murdered teen to parliament
25 Apr 2024 04:15 GMT
A petition launched by the mum of a murdered Haverhill schoolboy that calls for mandatory prison sentences for people carrying knives in public has been presented to parliament.
The petition was created by Bernice Barfield, whose son Harley, 16, was …
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Baroness Jacqueline Foster claims 'we need ZERO tolerance' on knife crime
24 Apr 2024 20:01 GMT
… ;zero tolerance policy" on knife crime in the UK and said … after anew task force tackling knife crime among young people has made …
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Revealed: Almost half of Londoners say the Mayor's record on knife crime is poor according to research from London Real
24 Apr 2024 14:00 GMT
… for “abandoning Londoners to knife crime” in the wake of … poorly.
Metropolitan Police-recorded knife crime rose by a fifth in … The figures speak for themselves. Knife crime is a blight on our … on dealing with crimes excluding knife crime, 43 per cent of …
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'Time to break cycle of violence driving knife crime epidemic,' warns police chief
24 Apr 2024 13:27 GMT
… violence" driving gang-led knife crime, a police chief has warned … their backs on gang-led knife crime.
He explained: “I believe schemes … violence driving this gang-led knife crime.”
He further argued that a …