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Knives: Crime Prevention

Commons · Question 99780 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Julian Smith

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

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 23 Dec 2025

Tackling knife crime is a priority for Government. Since this Government has been in office, knife homicides have fallen by almost 20% while knife crime overall has fallen for the first time in 4 years, dropping by 5% in our first year from 54,215 to 51,5...