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- Crime and Policing Minister Sarah Jones announced that knife crime declined 15% since June 2024.
- The drop followed the closure of more than 3,000 county lines networks and over 8,200 arrests.
- Knife surrender schemes have removed nearly 60,000 knives from the streets.
- The government aims to halve knife crime within a decade and reports a 25% reduction in hospital admissions for stabbings in affected areas.
