Written Question·Home Office·UIN 107681

Knives: Rural Areas

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 29 January 2026

Question

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative — Skipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime in rural areas.

Answer

Sarah Jones

We are already making clear progress against our ambition to halve knife crime. In our first year, police-recorded knife crime offences fell by 5%, the first reduction in four years.Knife homicides have also fallen by almost 20% over the last year, and we...

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