Petition · past parliament
To put the Knife Crime sentence longer
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
We would Like to change the sentence for a knife Crime and to make it longer this would decrease the knife crime.
knife crime at the highest record level in the past ten years, this is in the whole in the Uk starting in 2010 and 11 there were 86 stabbings in 2013/2014 there was 76 meaning that the level went down than in 2016/2017 there were 118 stabs. Then in 2017/2020, there were 164 stabs
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Increase sentences relating to knife crime
Timeline
| 20 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.