Written Question·Home Office·UIN 907771
Knives: Crime
Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Natasha Irons
Labour — Croydon East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling knife crime.
Answer
Sarah JonesWe have set an ambitious but essential target: to halve knife crime over this decade. We are already seeing results. Knife crime is falling.Since the start of this Parliament, knife crime has fallen by 8% and knife homicides are down by 27%.We have banned...
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