Written Question·Home Office·UIN 191115
Knives: Organised Crime
Tabled: 26 June 2023
Answered: 5 July 2023
Named DayQuestion
Naz Shah
Labour — Bradford West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion street-based knife crime incidents (a) were and (b) were not the result of gang activity in each of the last five years.
Answer
Chris PhilpThe Home Office does not routinely collect information on whether offences involving knives or sharp instruments occurred on the street, or if they were related to gang activity.Violent crime as measured by the Crime Survey for England and Wales has falle...
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