Enact measures to combat knife crime
Establish a violence reduction unit like the Scottish Government did to minimise knife crime.
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- 20 JUN 2025Petition closedFinal total: 40,254 signatures
- 29 APR 2025Government respondedHome OfficeGovernment reply
There are already 20 Violence Reduction Units established in England and Wales, many of them based on Scotland’s model, and all of them integral to our mission to halve knife crime within a decade.
Read full response - 15 APR 202510,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 20 DEC 2024Petition opened for signatures
Background
Introduce a mandatory 5 year sentence for carrying knives.
Increase stop & search powers.
Because we believe knife crime is totally out of control. The VRU is what Scotland has done to combat that.