This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make Shoebury & Southend safe; increase police to tackle escalating knife crime
We need more police walking our streets day & night to prevent knife crime. My 19-year-old & his friend were attacked last week. Three men pushed them to the ground and pulled a knife on them. This is not isolated. In Jan & Feb there were 23 reports involving possession of a weapon in the borough.
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In a local population of 180k, there was an estimated 2 reported knife crimes a week last year. Police stats show that there have been 23 reported incidents involving possession of a weapon in January & February already in 2018. Over an 8-week period, that’s nearly 3 reported attacks a week.
www.police.uk/essex/85/crime/2017-02/possession-of-weapons/+x9Kypy/
www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157203/report.aspx#tabrespop
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04304
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