Knife crime rises in targeted areas

The high-profile government campaign to tackle knife crime in big cities has failed to cut the number of fatal stabbings, according to Home Office figures published today.

The number of teenage homicide victims of knife crime remained unchanged at 23, while the number of adults over the age of 20 killed actually went up by seven to 103 during the campaign, results of the official monitoring programme show.

The failure of the £3m campaign to reduce the number of teenagers killed in knife attacks in England's 10 priority police areas is a severe embarrassment to ministers on a highly political crime issue that is likely to dominate the debate on law and order between now and the general election.

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