Mike Rowe

The amount of knife attacks in some regional cities is higher than in many London boroughs, the BBC analysis of The Police -beating figures.

Overall, London remains The Most dangerous part of England and Wales , But data from 34 of the 43 police service, shows the rate of serious knife crime offences to rise sharply in some areas outside of London, and so that part of The City with the part of municipalities in places such as The City of Manchester, Slough, Liverpool and Blackpool.

"We suffer just as much as Anywhere Else ," said Byron Highton, whose brother Jon-Jo was 18 when he was stabbed with a sword and an axe, as he went home in Preston in 2014.

"The whole country suffers from knife crime, But to the small towns in the North, such as Preston get no mention. "

Under the Freedom of Information act, the BBC asked all of the 43 regional police forces in England and Wales for details of serious knife crime in their area.

Heavy knife crime is defined as assault, robbery, threats to kill, murder, attempted murder or sexual offense with a knife or sharp instrument.

In Lancashire, the figures show knife crime has doubled in five years, rising from 455 offences in 2014, a total of 981 in the year 2018.

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Jon-display Jo had survived a previous attack the year before, when he was stabbed 24 times with a machete.

Byron, who has suffered from depression, as a witness to the attacks, now works for what the knife crime presentations in schools in North-west England.

"Young People have a lack of respect For Life ," he said.

"The fear part is how bad it is in 10 years, when This Generation is fixed. "

Manchester, Liverpool, Slough and Nottingham are All In The Top 25 of The Most dangerous places in England and Wales for serious knife crime.

The safest areas, with less than one crime per 10,000 people in Dorset and the Cotswolds, Monmouthshire and Malvern include.

In Scotland, The Police collect crime statistics differently, so there are no separate records for the knife attacks. However, a knife in possession has increased in the last few years, with More Than 2,300 crimes reported last year.

It's not just Young Men that are affected. In Blackpool, the students Keeley, 17, and Lauren, 18, have both been threatened on the land where you live, with a knife and swung in a relatively banal teenage disagreements.

"I threatened with a machete in a park by a group of guys when I played football," Keeley said.

"you wanted to play in our half, But we have always said no. "

Lauren says she doesn't feel safe in The City : "I and my mate were out walking home and a man and threatened to stab one of my buddies. "

In the year 2018, the place had 14. 3 serious knife crime offences per 10,000 people, putting it in The Top 25 of The Most dangerous places for knife crime in England and Wales , the 275 areas, which gave data.

the drugs, the gangs, the school, exclusion rates, poverty, unemployment and cuts in services, the debt was for a rise in Youth Violence in cities such as Blackpool and Preston.

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"It's an important issue, with county lines [drug courier] - gangs in Blackpool, and we see that many Young People carry knives," Ashley Hackett, chief executive, told the BBC.

"We have a lot of children and Young People , can find life in deprivation and whatever way you to earn money and support households, legal and illegal, do it. That includes drugs and knives," he added.

In the year 2018 nearly half of all suspects in serious knife crime offences in England and Wales , at the age of 24 years and younger.

The experiences of Young Women like Keeley and Lauren are always on the agenda.

in The Past year, 15% of knife crime suspects were female, including those attacked in domestic violence incidents, a quarter of the victims of knife-crime women.

Dr Mike Rowe of the University of Liverpool, who has observed police officers at work for the last Six Years , told the BBC: "girls and Young Women are exploited to bear arms, because they stopped to be a lot less likely, and searched by The Police .

"the attention to The male suspect can lead to the deliberate recruitment of Young Women . "

Anti-knife-crime-fighter Lydia Lawrence, who has himself survived two stabbings, which is true of two different women, that gang violence is on The Rise , and girls with low self-esteem, are emotionally exploited.

Ms Lawrence, who is from west London, was first a victim of knife crime at the age of just 12, when she was cut on her face.

she almost died when she was 21, after he was stabbed by your kidneys and liver.

Ms Lawrence, who was born in prison, excluded from school at 12, and homeless, 16, warned that girls from difficult backgrounds and broken families are most At Risk .

Dr. Rowe believes that The Police solved the reactions at the knife-crime "seriously hindered by the cuts in The Past eight years, and more", and thus to a decrease in The Number of cases.

He said that every time there is a stabbing, police officials pulled out of the neighborhood teams guard collected The Scene as forensics.

"It's this neighbor is standby teams, who will normally be expected to collect The Intelligence , the investigations of knife crime and the gang leave.

"So, it is a vicious circle in which rising demand hinder is to investigate the ability to, these crimes are very. "

Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Sebire, The National leadership role in the management of serious violent crime at the National Police Chiefs' Council, accused The Police cuts for the autumn-in tariffs.

"The large reduction in police funding since 2010 has led to less detectives with less time and a greater work load on take, long investigations, i.e., it can be more difficult to get a charge.

"In some cases, The Police , the anxious witnesses and victims do not feel able, with the officers, or judicial proceedings.

"it means that there is little possibility of a prosecution.

"Some forces, which were given additional funds to fight violence with that for the improvement of forensic skills, so that even if The Victim is not ready, can The Police still progress. "

A Home Office spokesman responded: "We are taking action to combat violence crime, the devastating impact on our communities.

"the support of The Police by recruiting to stop the 20,000 new officers in the next three years, to use so that it is easier for you and to enable you to search for executives and invested £10m in additional funding to increase The Number of officers carrying Taser belongs to. "

Source of news: bbc.com