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Introduce a higher security infrastructure to help prevent knife crime

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

A petition to start enforcing more protected police officers for the local communities. New technology should be installed entirely throughout the UK for the safety of our citizens, including metal detectors in more public places. Knife crime is becoming more common every day and it needs to stop.
Knife crime related offence figures were recorded at 40,215 in the year ending March 2018. Between April 2018 and March 2019 police forces recorded 43,516 offences involving a knife, this means in a single year the reported knife incidents have increased by 3,301
Knife crime is devastating families and people across the UK every single day, something needs to change, this must stop now.

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 Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure exactly what you'd like to happen. We're not sure exactly what you mean by a higher security infrastructure or exactly where this would be implemented.

You could start a new petition calling on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action, for example to increase police funding or to fund increased security in schools, if those are things you want to happen.

Timeline

25 Sep 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 Oct 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Oct 2019

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