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Knife crime numbers -How it
stacks up “
31% 61%
11 to 16 year olds in school Young people excluded from said said they they had had carried carried a a a a a a a knife school said said they they had had carried carried at at some some point point in in in in the the previous a a a knife at at some some point point in in in in the the year year previous year year 21%
Young people excluded from school said they had threatened someone with a knife 44 500
Carrying a a knife does not mean much It could be someone going fishing and it
could have just been once 3 000
16 000
000
to 17 000
000
robbery offences recorded every year involving knives
17 000
5 000
Recorded hospital admissions for stabbing run at at approximately 5 000
a a a a a year In one year police recorded 3000 threats to kill with a a a a a knife and and over 400 rape and and sexual assault cases involving knifes 385
From Jan 2018 – May 2019 385
people have been murdered with a a knife each year in England and and Wales
& SCULPTURE PARK
20%
16 year old boys said they had attacked someone with or without a knife In one year there were more than 44 500
cases recorded of people being stabbed