An average of five people are knifed to death in England and Wales every week, as latest figures show that fatal stabbings are at a record level. Police recorded 277 fatal knife attacks in 2007-08 - the highest since records began in 1977, according to statistics from all but one of 43 forces in England and Wales.
An average of five people are knifed to death in England and Wales every week, as latest figures show that fatal stabbings are at a record level.
Police recorded 277 fatal knife attacks in 2007-08 - the highest since records began in 1977, according to statistics from all but one of 43 forces in England and Wales.
England only has statistics for this going back to 1977? I would have guessed 1877...
Even so, the stats are a little misleading in that they actually record crimes involving a sharp instrument. Recently a woman died as a result of a shard of glass from a thrown bottle, which counts in the stats. It's a crime, but is it a knife crime ? keep to the Fen Causeway
