Knife Crime Prevention
According to the Office of National Statistics, overall crime rates are in decline with total police recorded crime decreasing by 4% in England and Wales in the 12 months ending June 2020 to approximately 5.8 million offences.
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Knife crime is at its highest recorded level in the past 10 years, with 46,000 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales in the year ending March 2020.
Are you a teenager desperately trying to stay away from gun and/or knife crime? Is boredom the issue? Read More
40% of all firearm offences today are committed with a handgun despite them being banned. Handguns account for more firearm deaths even though they can not be legally owned
''I think the harm done & the harm that could have been done might just make someone think twice. If it stops one attack it's been worth it''. Read this true story of a husband almost killed by his wife here
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why the man who killed five people in Plymouth, before turning the gun on himself, was given back his gun permit. Read more
Possession of Weapons - Crime rates
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