The robbery of a knife, or a danger of one, has decreased in most high -risk areas of Britain.
According to home office data, knife -related robbery is 6 percent below.
home Secretary Yweet cooper This is a direct result of targeted police action.
In October last year, a dedicated police taskforce was established, focused on seven forces – Metropolitan police service, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Avon And Somerset and British Transport Police.
These areas saw a huge increase in incidents between July 2023 and June 2024, 70 percent accounting for knife-competent Dacoity Those days.
Drone, knife arches and detection dogs are one of the strategy used to reduce the number of events, the forces are also visible patrolling and the number of plain clothing officers on the roads.
West Midlands saw the biggest decline, with a 25 percent decrease in incidents in the last one year. Meanwhile, Greater Manchester saw an increase of 4 percent in events compared to last year.
Ms. Cooper said: “Since one day, we have worked with urgency to turn the tide with urgency. Knife crimeWhich destroys life and destroys communities.
“When we came to the office, the knife-capable robbery was growing at a related rate, but we have now began to lower the number of those crimes through the work of our dedicated taskforce, and as a result, we have also seen the first short reduction in the overall knife crime for four years.
“The decline in knife-capable robbery in major problems areas suggests that we are getting strong new action on knife crime, but now we need to supercharge these efforts through more smart and targeted interventions.
“Any knife can be a victim of crime, but the new ‘hex mapping’ technology suggests that most of the knife crime is focused in relatively small, hyper-centric numbers.
“As part of the plan for change, we will use that new technology to support our mission to reduce the knife crime in the next decade. In the 2020s, the way to crime and the way to become strict on crime is also to be smart on crime, using the latest technology to target criminals and problem areas, and keep the country safe.”
As part of the government’s commitment to reduce the knife crime in the next decade, the ban on ninja swords also applies on Friday.
At least one thousand weapons have been handed over as part of a surrender scheme.
The government has promised to deal with the sale of online weapons as part of Ronon’s law, which was presented after the death of 16 -year -old Ronan Kanda, who was killed online with Ninja Talwar.
This will require retailers to report the orders of wholesale or suspected knife to the police, more stringent age-assigning investigation and significant fine on technical officials, whose platforms fail to stop illegal sales.
Ronan’s mother, Pooja Kanda said: “Ronan was just 16 years old when her life was stolen with a 22-inch ninja sword, which should never have been so easy to buy. Ronon’s law is not only a step towards justice for my son, but for every parent who wants to see her child safely.
“This law is about saving life, closing dangerous flaws and placing people responsible for account.
“The government’s knife surrender scheme has been a sign of commitment to deal with knife crime. While there is still much to do, these are important steps in the right direction.”
The house office has also said that the “surrender van” will be deployed at this year’s Noting Hill Carnival.
Chris Filp, home secretary of the conservative shadow, stated that the knife crime was “out of control” and did not want to talk about London on Labor and “Sadiq Khan’s failure to deal with a completely crime”.
He said: “Under the Mayor of Labor, the capital Britain’s knife has become the capital of crime, which is responsible for more than 32 percent of the knife crime and more than 45 percent of the knife-point in England. Stop and search has collapsed, yet Sadiq Khan spends longer than trying to secure London.
“Labor is weak on crime, softened on criminals, and is also afraid of facing reality on our streets. This is the time to wake up and hold for the labor government and the labor mayor, or to move away.”