The UK government faces a backlash over its anti-knife advertisements on chicken boxes, furthering the stereotype that black people love fried chicken.

A rise in female knife crime adds to a sense of general anxiety over rising knife crime levels in the UK.

A violent machete-style knife attack leaves a London police officer in critical condition, as the mayor of London explains how he ‘lays awake at night’ thinking about the city’s soaring crime rate.

Schools in areas where there is an "above average" risk of youth violence should have dedicated police officers, say MPs.

Yet another teenager, only just 18, has been stabbed to death in west London on Wednesday 26th June 2019 increasing to 31 the toll of knife related deaths in the capital since the start of 2019. Will 2018 remain London’s bloodiest year in almost a decade or do the statistics presage a new record holder?