Petition · past parliament

Start an enquiry into the increasing knife crime and violent youth crime.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The U.K. has a problem, we have a severe increase in the number of knife crimes being committed, what’s more disturbing is they seem to be being committed by younger and younger people. We want an enquiry and tougher legislation to help stop this now.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

3 Apr 2018 Petition opened for signatures
9 Apr 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Apr 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.