The knife crime crisis is national. The region has already recorded the highest number of youth knife deaths in 40 years, with six young people aged between eight to 19 dying from knife attacks within that police jurisdiction this year. It means a young person has been considerably more likely to be stabbed to death in the West Midlands than in London. Within London, however, the victims of knife crime have been overwhelmingly black. Child knife deaths in England and Wales set for nine-year peak Read moreThe deaths did not occur evenly, but in clusters.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2018 07:00 UTC