London knife crime rises to four-year high

[NWCorona]

Source: BBC

Knife crime in the city has risen to a four-year high following a relatively steady increase since June 2014.

In June 2012 there were 1,719 recorded stabbings of people aged under 25 in the capital compared with 1,749 in August 2016, the report found.

It said gang activity accounted for less than 5% of London knife crimes.

Steve O'Connell, one of the report's authors who leads the Police and Crime Committee (PCC), said: "This is significant, because not many people realise that if you only look at gang violence you won't make much difference to what is happening with knife crime."



Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-37412508

[ansible]

1. Guess those knife surrender bins weren't so effective

http://www.eadt.co.uk/polopoly_fs/1.4115211.1434489709!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/image.jpg

[JonathanRackham]

2. Maybe they prefer depositing them in other people's backs.

Go figure.

[NWCorona]

4. They definitely have some strange self defense laws.

[Sunlei]

3. get your brass knuckles, knives, 50k volt stungun, stun rings, crossbows, 'back to school' free ship

pages of them

https://www.amazon.com/

[maxsolomon]

5. Gun Crime is up, too

there must be something behind it. austerity, economic stagnation, xenophobia.

probably good thing they don't have as many guns as us uhmurkins.