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Is knife crime still rising?
The 6% fall in knife crime is welcome news, but it follows a significant increase over the last decade. Police recorded 23,945 knife crime offences in England and Wales in 2014, meaning the current figure of 48,615 is still more than double that. This longer trend gives context to recent fluctuations.
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