Sarah Jones on knife crime, 14 April 2026

The statement

Since the start of this Parliament, knife crime is down by 8% and knife homicides are down by 27%, to the lowest level in a decade.

Sarah Jones, 14 April 2026. Source

What the sources report

• Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2025 reports police recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument, England and Wales (year ending December 2025): 49151offences^src
• Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2025 reports police recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument, England and Wales (year ending December 2024): 54548offences^src
• Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2025 reports homicides involving a knife or sharp instrument (year ending December 2025): 172offences^src
• Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2026 reports police recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument, England and Wales (year ending March 2026, latest): 48774offences^src
• Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2026 reports homicides involving a knife or sharp instrument (year ending March 2026, latest): 176offences^src

Notes

The ONS reports 49,151 police recorded knife or sharp instrument offences in the year ending December 2025, 10% fewer than the 54,548 a year earlier, and 172 knife or sharp instrument homicides, a 21% fall on 217.

For the year ending March 2026 the ONS reports 48,774 offences (down 8% on 53,096) and 176 knife or sharp instrument homicides (down 14% on 204).