00:00 The recent deaths of two teenagers in Norwest and the stabbing of a teenager in Broadmeaths,
00:06 McDonald's has once again put knife crime at the forefront of the media.
00:11 These heartbreaking incidents have led many people to question how they could be avoided.
00:18 Let's chat to locals to find out the ways they would like to feel safer on the streets.
00:23 Safer definitely with police, so yeah, police presence would be great. Yeah, definitely, yeah.
00:29 Just like better education I think, isn't it? And maybe like more support or local
00:35 things for kids to do and things like that would be good. Yes, yes, definitely.
00:40 More bobbies on the beat instead of just riding around in the car. It would be nice. I think
00:49 people would feel more secure instead of the gangs hanging about outside shops, definitely.
00:58 According to youthendowmentfund.org, the police record knife crime by labelling each offence by
01:05 whether a knife or other sharp object was used. For example, someone may commit a robbery and
01:11 use a knife. This would be flagged as a knife-enabled crime. Based on this measure,
01:17 knife crime increased by 90% between 2012 and 2019 in England and Wales. And, though it fell in 2020
01:26 due to the COVID-19 social restriction measures, it has since increased and is now 75% higher than
01:35 in 2012. Like I said, more police around. I mean, at the moment, all the, what shall I say, all the
01:50 young men who hang about at night are probably in bed, sleeping. So, yeah, more police around.
02:00 I think so, yeah. I think in some areas where you see, like, I don't know, football pitches and
02:06 places for people to go and hang out and do stuff, you don't see as many problems, yeah.
02:11 Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership is a group of people who discuss the best ways to keep Bristol
02:17 safe. They look at keeping children safe, keeping adults safe and how to protect whole communities.
02:24 The Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership started in June 2019 and officially came together in
02:30 September 2019 because changes were needed to the way Bristol worked before.
02:36 In response to the recent rise in knife crime in the City of Bristol, Avon and Somerset Police
02:44 are launching a new proactive operation dedicated to tackling and disrupting serious violence
02:51 and knife crime involving young people. The operation will see activities take place
02:57 across their policing areas. Only time will tell how these statistics fare in 2024.
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