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Are all knife crimes falling?
The story highlights a 55% drop in hospital admissions for knife wounds among London teens since 2019. However, it also states that the Met recorded almost 14,000 knife crimes in the year to March 2026. This suggests that while serious injuries are down, the overall number of knife offences remains high, with about a quarter causing injury.
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