Knife Crime In England And Wales Is Rising, Even If You Exclude London

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The 7% figure comes from Office for National Statistics data on police recorded crime statistics for the year ending December 2023. However, the data actually shows that, when London is excluded, knife crime still increased—albeit at a lesser rate—in the rest of England and Wales.

It's worth noting these figures exclude Greater Manchester Police and Devon and Cornwall Police, both of which experienced issues providing data during this period.

Mr Cleverly went on to claim: "On that time frame it [knife crime] is up 22% in Labour-run London."

So it's possible that Mr Cleverly may have been referring to this previous dataset when he claimed knife crime was down in the rest of England and Wales, excluding London.