KNIFE CRIME
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN
ONE IN FIVE 16 YEAR OLD BOYS ADMITTED ATTACKING SOMEONE INTENDING TO HURT THEM SERIOUSLY WITH A KNIFE
IN 2007 27 TEENAGERS STABBED TO DEATH IN LONDON
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IN LONDON THERE’S A HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING STABBED OR ROBBED AT KNIFE POINT THAN BEING KILLED OR INJURED IN A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
15 LONDON TEENAGERS WERE MURDERED IN 5 MONTHS
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IN 2004 MORE THAN
20 TEENAGERS DIED AS A RESULT OF KNIFE ATTACKS
thats almost one teenager every two weeks
ON MAY BANK HOLIDAY 2006 THE POLICE RECORDED 50 KNIFE ATTACKS IN THE UK
thats 50 attacks in a period of 3 days
IN 2006 50 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF A KNIFE CRIME
32 OF WHICH WERE IN LONDON
IN 2008 UNDER 1 OLDS WE PROSEC FOR KNI CRIME A
8 225 18 YEAR ERE CUTED IFE ATTACKS
THE FIRST FATAL STABBING OF 2008 WAS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE NEW YEAR
IN LONDON KNIFE CRIME ATTACKS OCCUR EVERY 50 MINUTES
IN THE UK KNIFE CRIME HAPPENS EVERY 24 MINUTES
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MORE FATAL STABBINGS OCCURED IN THE UK WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY
MALES AGED BETWEEN 14-25 HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF BEING ATTACKED BY A KNIFE 10% OF 11-12 YEAR OLDS AND 24% OF 15 AND 16 YEAR OLDS SAID THEY HAD CARRIED A WEAPON IN THE PAST YEAR
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OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONDON SCHOOLS ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD CARRIED A KNIFE THIS FIGURE RISES TO 62% AMOUNG EXCLUDED STUDENTS
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IS THE MOST COMMON AGE FOR A FIRST KNIFE CRIME CONVICTION
A HOME OFFICE SURVEY FOUND THAT 4% OF 10-25 YEAR OLDS HAD CARRIED A KNIFE IN THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS
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IN LONDON THERE’S A 1 IN 1100 CHANCE OF BEING A VICTIM OF KNIFE CRIME DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE THE UNLUCKY ONE?
65% OF PE WHO CAR HAVE THEIR WEAPONS AGAINST T
EOPLE RRY KNIVES R OWN USED THEM
FARTHER PAUL BENNETT JULIAN KNIGHT
STEPHEN KEEN ANTHONY LUCY BRAHAM WALKER
KODJO YENGA
LUKE WALMSLEY
REESE JONES ADAM REGIS
TOMAS RHYS-PRICE
KRISS DONALD
DANIEL POLLEN
IT HAVE TO HAPPEN
DOESN’T
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