“The amnesty knife bin just off Rectory Lane in the entrance to the Town Hall car park, Skipton has been emptied today. It is a resource which is clearly being used and is helping to keep potentially dangerous knives from being left around or disposed of incorrectly. The bin is there to be used to dispose of all manner knives, as well as any sharp or bladed tools and we are encouraging the public of Craven to use it for this purpose. A second knife bin is located in Whitefriars car park Settle. 

People across North Yorkshire are being urged to play their part in helping prevent violent crime as a countywide roll-out of knife bins has begun. The items can be deposited safely and anonymously and are then collected and destroyed by the police.

In total there were 60 separate items recovered from this particular knife bin, all items were bladed however some were scissors. Of the 60 items recovered, 49 were knives and 3 of these were lockable with the majority of them in excess of 3 inches long. Thank you for the responsible use of this resource which has been provided using a grant of more than £15,000 from the York and North Yorkshire Office for Policing, Fire, Crime and Commissioning, part of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, through its North Yorkshire and York Serious Violence Duty (SVD) Prevention and Early Intervention Fund.

Thank you”