The number of violent criminals threatening to kill with knives soared by more than a fifth last year in a sign of Britain’s growing knife epidemic thetimes.co.uk/article/knife-…
Sexual assaults involving blades also rocketed by a quarter and robberies using knives by 9 per cent, according to annual Home Office statistics published today
The figures lay bare the level of knife crime before the pandemic hit last year, and come after Boris Johnson warned the public that violent crime was likely to “rebound” when lockdown restrictions began to be lifted
The prime minister spoke after the murder of Sven Badzak, 22, an aspiring lawyer, this month, who was chased by a gang and stabbed to death “for daring to go to Waitrose” in Kilburn, northwest London
More on that here: thetimes.co.uk/article/two-de…
In one weekend this month there was a spate of stabbings in London, with 14 injured and two killed in just 24 hours
Kit Malthouse, the minister for crime and policing, said: “Too many young lives are being needlessly lost. We are working closely with the police and others to stop this senseless bloodshed, particularly as Covid restrictions are eased over coming months”
Read more of last year's crime statistics: thetimes.co.uk/article/knife-…
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