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Knives: Crime

Home Office written question – answered at on 9 February 2026.

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Photo of Natasha Irons Natasha Irons Labour, Croydon East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling knife crime.

Photo of Sarah Jones Sarah Jones The Minister of State, Home Department

We have set an ambitious but essential target: to halve knife crime over this decade. We are already seeing results. Knife crime is falling.

Since the start of this Parliament, knife crime has fallen by 8% and knife homicides are down by 27%.

We have banned ninja swords and zombie style machetes, we have taken nearly 60,000 knives off our streets and we have established new Young Futures Panels.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 9 February 2026, cW)

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