Police Oracle - Knife Crime

Knife Crime

Showing Stories from 17th December 2021 to 18th April 2023

Home Office look to ban gang knives as SVRO pilots kick in

(18/04/23) Seven-week consultation on the proposals launched on Tuesday.

(04/04/23) Retailers who sell knives to under 18s could be fined £1m (09/02/23) Homicide rates increase and are back up to pre-pandemic levels

SVROs: a new weapon in the fight against knife crime

(06/02/23) Merseyside is one of a few forces who will pilot new orders designed to put persistent knife crime offenders on the back foot.

(22/12/22) IOPC provide more details on Cumbria shooting inquiry (13/12/22) Out of court disposals being used for repeat knife offences says report (09/12/22) Home Office 'should pilot stop and search threat levels'

'Swiftness and certainty' the key to Thames Valley knife crime Op

(06/12/22) Acting DCC Tim De Meyer and Thames Valley PCC Matthew Barber spoke to Police Oracle about Operation Deter, which launched in Milton Keynes before being expanded into Aylesbury and Slough.

(23/11/22) Meta told to reinstate drill music posts removed at request of Met (14/11/22) Young people's experiences of violence (21/10/22) Armed man who "wanted to be shot dead" acquitted after charging at PCs (20/10/22) Sex offender who stabbed two officers sent down for 20 years (18/10/22) Man who charged at PCs with knife "wanted to be shot dead" (17/10/22) Home Office confirms PACE revisions required for SVROs pilot (12/10/22) Focused deterrence scheme sees sharp reduction in repeat victims (19/09/22) Man charged with attempted murder of two stabbed officers (16/09/22) Two officers stabbed after being alerted by public to man with knife

Viewpoint: No, don't stop the Carnival, but should we?

(02/09/22) Chris Hobbs attended the Notting Hill Carnival for Police Oracle as an observer and says the danger of crushing remains the main threat to public safety.