Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said this is a direct result of targeted police action
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said this is a direct result of targeted police action
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Robberies involving a knife, or the threat of one, have reduced in most of the UK’s high-risk areas.
The fall reflects a sharp decrease in the number of homicides involving a knife knife or sharp instrument.
Seven forces report falls in muggings with knives after police use drones, knife arches and detection dogs to support officers on…
The West End is the capital’s knife crime hotspot, accounting for one in every 15 knife attacks in London, report says
The number of shoplifting offences surged to the highest figure since current police recording practices began in 2003
Despite London's expanding population over the past decade
British Transport Police have fewer frontline officers to deal with crime - despite a rise in the numbers of offences
Knife crime in capital nearly doubles in a decade under Mayor Sadiq
