Knives: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 107681 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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 in rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 29 Jan 2026
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...