This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Bike crime and knife crime harder punishment
Stop taking them to court and letting them out send them to prison and teach them a lesson, make them learn that it's not ok to carry a knife it's not ok to take bike's and get a slap on the wrist!!
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Make the law more harder on these teens who are taking bikes and with holding knives. As a community we have had enough and want actions,
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about knife crime and bike thefts, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Increase sentences relating to knife crime
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563199
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to increase sentences relating to bike theft, if that's what you want to happen.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.