As the Southport Inquiry brings focus back onto online purchase of Zombie knives how 900 times as many, 90 times as many per head, mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales






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By Professor John Robertson OBA





BBC 1, first thing on 19 February 205, headlining the above issue. BBC Scotland did not follow up with the situation in Scotland, leaving many to think it must just be the same here.





Imagine drug deaths were the current concern of the Home Secretary? Would BBC Scotland be reminding us that Scotland has the highest rate in Europe? We all know the answer to that.





Here’s what you and your family need to know but BBC Scotland don’t agree with that assssment.





Knife crimes plummet here to only half the level under Labour and 90 times as many, per head, ‘Zombie’ knives mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales





In 2006/2007, there were just over 4 000 recorded crimes of ‘having in a public place and article with a blade or point.’ By 2016/2017, the figure had fallen by half to just over 2 000.1





By 2019/2020, the figure had climbed to 2 666 before falling again to 2 582 last year.2





In England & Wales, in the same year, there were 50 500 cases, nearly 20 times as many and nearly twice as many per head of population.3





With particular regard to the extremely dangerous ‘Zombie’ knives, there were 15 cases recorded in 2023/2024 in Scotland.4 In England & Wales, ‘in 2023, ‘zombie’ knives, swords and machetes were mentioned in more than 14,000 crimes, recorded.’5





This 900 to 1 ratio, 90 to 1 per head of population, is shocking and were it reversed, Scotland’s media would be feeding on daily.





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  1. https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-handling-offensive-weapons/pages/3/
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  2. https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2023-24/pages/1/
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  3. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/
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  4. https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2023-24/
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  5. https://geppsolicitors.co.uk/site/blog/criminal-law-news/knife-crime-in-the-uk-can-banning-zombie-knives-curb-the-violence/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20%E2%80%98zombie%E2%80%99%20knives%2C%20swords%20and%20machetes%20were,of%20these%20involved%20machetes%2C%20swords%20and%20%E2%80%98zombie%E2%80%99%20knives.
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