Member

Let me give an important example which I hope will help the noble Lord, Lord Bailey. Knife-enabled robbery is highly geographically concentrated; 70% of such offending happens within seven police force areas. The Government have established a six-month knife-enabled robbery task force, which has brought together chief constables and PCCs in those areas. Collectively, in the past year these forces have turned a 14% increase in offence levels from the outset of the task force into a 10% reduction compared with the baseline in June 2024. All seven forces involved are now seeing reductions, including a 30% reduction in knife crime in the West Midlands.