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‘Symptom of a much wider complex problem’ – Knife crime hits record high

Police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument rose to 44,076.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2019-10-17 11:13
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Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in the year to June, up by 7% on the previous 12 months.

Police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument rose to 44,076, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday showed.

This does not include Greater Manchester Police, which records data differently.

Totally unacceptable

Javed Khan, the chief executive of charity Barnardo’s, said: “It’s totally unacceptable that the knife crime crisis continues to claim so many young lives, with offences at a record high.

“Knife crime is a symptom of a much wider, complex problem.

“Too many young people are suffering a ‘poverty of hope’, and facing a future with no qualifications, no job prospects, and no role models, making them vulnerable to criminal gangs who force them to deliver drugs and carry knives.”

The total number of homicides recorded by police fell by 5%, from 719 to 681.

There was also a 14% fall in homicides where a knife or sharp instrument was involved, to 248 offences, mainly driven by a decrease in London.

There is a mixed picture in the total number of knife crime offences across police forces with the Metropolitan Police recording little change in the last year https://t.co/pb4S4RMliG pic.twitter.com/KRP6Pzxbwu

— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) October 17, 2019

There was an 11% rise in robbery to 88,177 offences, with 41% of these recorded in London.

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The rise – which has been “consistent” since 2015 –  is “likely to reflect a real increase in these crimes”, the ONS said.

The number of crimes of violence against a person rose by 15% in the previous 12 months to almost 1.7million.

Gun crime rise

Gun crime was up 4% to 6,734, the figures said, but warned that this data was provisional.

In total, police recorded crime rose by 7% to over 6million. Excluding fraud and computer misuse offences, this stood at 5.27million – an increase of 6%.

Joe Traynor, from the ONS Centre for Crime and Justice, said: “While overall levels of violence have remained steady, the number of offences involving a knife has continued to increase across England and Wales.

“However, the number of homicides where a knife or sharp instrument was involved decreased, driven by falls in London.

“There is a mixed picture in the total number of knife crime offences across police forces with the Metropolitan Police recording little change in the last year.”

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