Knife crime epidemic adds to over 50% rise in teen stabbings needing hospital care

Knife crime epidemic adds to over 50% rise in teen stabbings needing hospital care NHS hospitals treated more than 1,000 stabbings, glassings and other blade attacks on teenagers last year – a rise of more than 50 per cent per cent since 2013, the health service has revealed.

Last year there were 1,012 admissions for young people between the age of 10 and 19 as a result of knife attacks and assaults with sharp weapons. This is up from 656 assaults in 2012/13, and the numbers are rising, health chiefs warned. The Independent

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