All news on the topic: Knife crime

A second boy has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old in south-west London.

Three people, including two boys aged 14 and 16, have been charged after a man died following a stabbing in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Western Europeans believe crime is rising in their country, according to a survey, despite long-term overall crime rates falling across the region since the mid-1990s.

“Why are minorities always the ones held responsible for the actions of a single perpetrator?” a 47-year-old Sikh man from the Midlands, who requested anonymity, told the media.

Eleven police officers and a police dog were injured in Southampton when rioters took to the streets in Henry Nowak’s name, days after his killer was convicted of murder.

Tributes have been paid to a singer-songwriter who collaborated with some of the world’s biggest stars and was stabbed to death in the garden of a London property.

This is the shocking moment three teenage knife attackers celebrated after murdering 16-year-old Kayden Moy on Irvine Beach.

Keir Starmer said he was "profoundly humbled" after meeting the family of murdered teenager Henry Nowak in Downing Street - urging politicians not to use the tragedy to stir up division.

Nigel Farage has criticized the police who believed a killer’s "racist attack" lie while his victim bled to death in handcuffs.

As Henry Nowak lay bleeding to death in the middle of a residential street in Southampton, his wrists were chained together by handcuffs.

A man who initiated an unprovoked knife attack on two strangers at a London tube station has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death during their school lunch break can now be named as he faces a life sentence today.

A BBC investigation has uncovered incidents of very young children bringing knives into primary schools.

The owner of a knife retail store that sold a "fearsome" machete to the Southport killer had previously been warned by police for selling blades.

A bank employee and her brother have both been found guilty of murdering a 21-year-old man in a "frankly brutal" knife attack on a city street.

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, figures show.

A 16-year-old boy who died after being stabbed in the neck has been identified as a Syrian refugee who was starting a new life in the UK after being injured in a bombing.

Scotland Yard is set to axe more than 1,200 police officers amid a £260 million hole in the Metropolitan Police’s budget.

A man reportedly ran into a Matalan store for help after being stabbed at a retail park.

Possessing a ninja sword is to be banned in the UK and carry a penalty of up to six months in jail, the British government said on Thursday, in a bid to curb what it has called a "national" knife crime "crisis."

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper states that a series of new laws will help ’take back our town centres’ as she introduces the much-anticipated Crime and Policing Bill, which includes measures on knife crime, stalking, and thefts.

A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death in east London.

Stricter rules for retailers selling knives online - and tougher penalties for those who break them - are to be introduced in the spring.

A boy of eight leans against a wall and takes furtive drags from a vape as he chats to an older mate.