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Knife Crime in England and Wales Falls 6% in a Year
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Police recorded 48,615 knife crime offences in England and Wales in the year to June 2026, down 6% from 51,567 a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics. Policing minister Sarah Jones welcomed the fall as "change that matters". The figures also show overall violent crime down by more than a third in a decade, though estimates for domestic abuse and fraud rose.
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