The recent deaths of two teenagers in knowle west and the stabbing of a teenager in broadmeads McDonald’s has once again put knife crime at the forefront of the media. These heart breaking incidents have led many people to question how they could be avoided?
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00:00 The recent deaths of two teenagers in Norwest and the stabbing of a teenager in Broadmeaths,
00:06 McDonald's has once again put knife crime at the forefront of the media.
00:11 These heartbreaking incidents have led many people to question how they could be avoided.
00:18 Let's chat to locals to find out the ways they would like to feel safer on the streets.
00:23 Safer definitely with police, so yeah, police presence would be great. Yeah, definitely, yeah.
00:29 Just like better education I think, isn't it? And maybe like more support or local
00:35 things for kids to do and things like that would be good. Yes, yes, definitely.
00:40 More bobbies on the beat instead of just riding around in the car. It would be nice. I think
00:49 people would feel more secure instead of the gangs hanging about outside shops, definitely.
00:58 According to youthendowmentfund.org, the police record knife crime by labelling each offence by
01:05 whether a knife or other sharp object was used. For example, someone may commit a robbery and
01:11 use a knife. This would be flagged as a knife-enabled crime. Based on this measure,
01:17 knife crime increased by 90% between 2012 and 2019 in England and Wales. And, though it fell in 2020
01:26 due to the COVID-19 social restriction measures, it has since increased and is now 75% higher than
01:35 in 2012. Like I said, more police around. I mean, at the moment, all the, what shall I say, all the
01:50 young men who hang about at night are probably in bed, sleeping. So, yeah, more police around.
02:00 I think so, yeah. I think in some areas where you see, like, I don't know, football pitches and
02:06 places for people to go and hang out and do stuff, you don't see as many problems, yeah.
02:11 Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership is a group of people who discuss the best ways to keep Bristol
02:17 safe. They look at keeping children safe, keeping adults safe and how to protect whole communities.
02:24 The Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership started in June 2019 and officially came together in
02:30 September 2019 because changes were needed to the way Bristol worked before.
02:36 In response to the recent rise in knife crime in the City of Bristol, Avon and Somerset Police
02:44 are launching a new proactive operation dedicated to tackling and disrupting serious violence
02:51 and knife crime involving young people. The operation will see activities take place
02:57 across their policing areas. Only time will tell how these statistics fare in 2024.