Local Priorities Knife crime Message

Local Priorities Knife crime Message

I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Knife crime, which people around your area have highlighted as an issue of concern on the priority survey.

🚔 Knife Crime: Speak Up, Save Lives 🚔
Knife crime has a devastating impact on individuals, families and our communities.

Carrying a knife does not make someone safer. Instead, it significantly increases the risk of serious injury, violence, and life-changing consequences for everyone involved.

This week in Luton, officers arrested a suspect in connection with a knife-related offence. Incidents like these highlight the ongoing work being carried out to remove dangerous weapons from our streets and protect the public. 

We all have a role to play in tackling knife crime. If you know someone carrying a knife, have concerns about violent behaviour, or have information about weapons being stored or used, please report it. Information from the public is often vital in preventing harm and helping police take action.

📞 Report information to Kent Police via 101 or online.

🚨 In an emergency, always call 999.


Together, by reporting concerns and supporting positive choices, we can help keep our communities safe and ensure dangerous weapons stay off our streets.

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Knife crime can destroy lives and fracture communities and disproportionately blights the lives of the young and disadvantaged. Incidents have risen in recent years and tackling knife crime is one of policing’s top priorities.

Knife crime – a problem solving guide has been produced in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs' Council and through consultation with 24 police forces and violence reduction units in England and Wales.

Using a problem-solving approach to tackling the issue, the guide contains:

• broad approaches that are effective in tackling knife crime, including good practice from across the UK.
• a practical toolkit of tactics to use, such as interventions in schools, weapon sweeps and focused deterrence
• advice on how to use data to tailor a response to local problems.

If you ever experience this issue or have information regarding an incident, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.kent.police.uk, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101.

Alternatively, you can stay 100 per cent anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their untraceable online form at crimestoppers-uk.org.

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