Of course, police numbers, police powers and prison make a difference, but none, and not even all three combined, will end the violence without other action.
This is more than a moral panic. Last year, there were more fatal stabbings than at any time since records began. Knife crime is at its highest since 2011, before when we have no comparable data. Hospital admissions for stabbings – a measure more reliable than police recorded crime – are the highest in a decade.
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