URGENT ACTION TO FIGHT KNIFE CRIME! Harsher sentencing for knife crime.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Knife crime stands at record highs at over 40,000 offences in the last year.With 40,147 offences, knife crime in England and Wales is now at its highest level.There has been a 56.9% increase in knife crime since 2014.
In the last year alone, the police recorded a 16.2% increase in knife crime.

Knife crime in London has risen to its highest ever level with nearly 15,000 offences committed during the past year, according to figures out today.

The Office for National Statistics said the total of 14,987 knife crimes in the year to the end of June was a 15 per cent rise on the comparable figure 12 months earlier.

It includes 91 knife killings, 170 rapes or sexual assaults carried out with a blade, and 8,363 knife-point robberies.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take specific action.

We understand that you're concerned about knife crime, but we're not sure exactly what you mean by harsher sentences or what exactly you would like the Government or Parliament to do to tackle the problem.

You may wish to sign this petition instead:

Introduce mandatory 42 year prison sentences for using a knife against another.

Otherwise, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

2 Nov 2018	Petition opened for signatures
12 Nov 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Nov 2018

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