Knife-related robberies in high-risk areas have reduced, data shows
Robbery, which contains a knife or a threat, has decreased in most of the high -risk areas of England.
According to home office data, the robberies about the knife fell by 6 percent.
Interior Minister Yette Cooper said that this was a direct result of the targeted police action.
In October last year, a special police mission was established focused on Metropolitan Police Service, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Avon and Sommerset and British Transport Police.
These areas have seen a steep increase in events between July 2023 and June 2024, and at that time, 70 percent of the knife -specific robbery.
Drones, knife belts and detection dogs are among the tactics used to reduce the number of events, and the forces also increase visible patrols and the number of flat clothing officers in the streets.
West Midlands, last year with a 25 percent decrease in events saw the biggest decrease. Meanwhile, Greater Manchester saw a 4 percent increase in events compared to last year.
Cooper said: ik Since the first day, we acted urgently to return the tide on the knife crime that destroyed lives and destroyed communities.
“When we came to the office, the knife was increasing at a rate of robbery, but now we have started to increase the number of these crimes throughout the work of our special forces, and as a result, we saw the first small decrease in general knife offense for four years.
“The decline in the robbery robbery in lock problematic areas shows the effect of our strong new action on the knife crime, but now we need to strengthen these efforts with smarter and targeted interventions.
“Everyone may be a victim of the knife crime, but the new ‘six -mapping’ technology shows that the majority of the knife offense concentrates in a relatively small, hyper -concentrated area.
Ası As part of the change plan, we will use this new technology to support our mission of halving the knife offense in the next decade. In the 2020s, the way to be difficult on the causes of crime and the causes of the crime, to use the latest technology to target crime and problem areas and keep the country safe. ”
As part of the government’s commitment to halves the crime of knife in the next decade, the ban on the Ninja swords comes into force on Friday.
At least a thousand weapons were given as part of a delivery plan.
The government also promised to fight the sale of online weapons as part of the Ronan Law, introduced after the death of 16 -year -old Ronan Kanda, who was killed by an online Ninja sword.
This will require retailers to inform the police to inform the police or suspicious knife orders, to fulfill more solid age verification controls and to give significant fines to technology managers who do not prevent illegal sales of platforms.
Ronan’s mother, Pooja Kanda said: “Ronan was only 16 years old when he was stolen by a 22 -inch Ninja sword that should never be so easy to buy. For every parent who wants to see that his children come home safely for my son.
“This law is about saving life, closing dangerous gaps and taking into account the responsible ones.
“The government’s knife delivery plan was a sign of the commitment of fighting with the scourge of the knife.
The Ministry of Interior also said that this year’s Notting Hill Carnival will be deployed a “delivery minibus”.
Conservative Shadow House Secretary Chris Philp, the knife crime “out of control” and London London and London and “Sadiq Khan not fighting the crime” accused of not wanting to talk about.
Under Labour’s mayor, the capital England has become the criminal capital of the British, more than 32 percent of all knife crimes and more than 45 percent of the knife point robbery in the UK. Stop and the search collapsed, but Sadiq Khan spends more time than trying to secure London.
“Workers ‘crime weak, soft on criminals and is very afraid of confronting the reality on our streets. It is time for the workers’ government and the mayor of the worker to wake up and grasp or withdraw.”
