Homicide: Crime Prevention
Commons · Question 88607 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce instances of murder.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Nov 2025
Halving knife crime remains a top priority for this Government. Since we have been in office knife homicides have fallen by 18% (to YE June 2025) and all knife crime down 5%. Knife assault has dropped by 6% and hospital admissions for assault with a sharp...