All news on the topic: Knife crime

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

Police have stated that the boy went on a camping trip with "one intention," which was to "attempt to kill an innocent and helpless young girl."

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."

Nathaniel Shani was stabbed in the neck by two boys since jailed for over a decade, and his family are now calling on politicians to take action on knife crime

Brianna Ghey's mum Esther has been demanding change since the death of her transgender teen daughter was lured to her death in a Cheshire park in 2022

Audience member Steven told the panel about his friend Tom Ellis, 25, who was knifed to death outside the Ropewalk shopping centre in Nuneaton, Warwickshire

WARING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The knifeman jockeyed backwards and forwards trying to avoid being stabbed as they fought on a residential street in Tottenham, north London, on Monday afternoon

A jury was told Veronique John erupted into violence and stabbed 11-year-old son Ethan more than 20 times before attacking her daughter and husband

No single solution will fix the growing number of knife crimes on our streets, but Keir Starmer's moral mission to toughen laws and crack down on blade-wielders is better than Tory failure

The 16-year-old, who was on bail following an initial trial remand at a youth detention centre, was pronounced dead the day before his murder trial was scheduled to begin

CEO Patrick Green of The Ben Kinsella charity, which was set up after Ben, 16, was murdered in 2008, called the new figures concerning

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has received a referral from the Met Police over its handling of a stalking allegation regarding Naseen Saadi who allegedly killed Amie Gray in Bournemouth

Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death by up to six thugs as he waited for a bus - his father ­Neville says he hopes to read out a statement at his son's killer David Norris' parole hearing

West Midlands Ambulance Service has said two air ambulances to the horror in Dudley, where witnesses described "scary" scenes of disorder throughout the afternoon

A British tourist, believed to be 31 years old, has been stabbed to death in an early morning incident outside the popular Oxygen nightclub in Calella, Spain

Psychopath Joanna Dennehy is serving a life sentence for murdering three men 'just for fun' and planned an horrific attack on a prison guard in an attempt to escape jail

Tsvetomir Genov, 20, was walking his son back to his mother’s house and was subjected to an unprovoked, attack by Jones, the victim died despite the emergency services efforts

A man aged in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of double attempted murder after a knife attack in the Finnish city of Oulu, which has left a 12-year-old boy seriously injured

Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method in the execution of Kenneth Smith

Denise Fergus offered her support after two boys, 12, were convicted of hacking Shawn Seesahai’s to death - becoming the youngest murderers in the UK since James Bulger was killed by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993

Stefan Balaban managed to drive a short distance following the attack in London to a nearby Uber driver who called emergency services, but the teenager could not be saved

Two 12-year-old boys were yesterday found guilty of the murder of Shawn Seesahai, 19, who was stabbed through the heart in Birmingham, as new messages came to light

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The tutors were visiting a public park in China when they were attacked. A US congresswoman said she was trying to reach the US Embassy to ensure the victims get good health care and return to the US as soon as possible