What You Get When Soft On Crime.

Knife crime, gun crime and the homicide rate have all risen further in England and Wales. Offences involving knives or sharp instruments went up as much as 16 per cent to 40,147 in the first three months of 2018, according to police-recorded crimes published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Meanwhile the total number of homicides – which includes both murder and manslaughter – rose 12 per cent to 701. This excludes large-scale incidents such as last year’s terror attacks in London and Manchester. There was a smaller rise in gun crime – up two per cent to 6,492 offences.

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