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<p><br>Data published by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime in London shows
that offences involving knives in Havering have increased over the last five years,
and at a faster rate than for the Metropolitan Police Service overall.</p><p><br><strong>Havering</strong></p><p>2014
155<br>2015 182<br>2016 179<br>2017 336<br>2018 339</p><p><br><strong>MPS overall</strong></p><p>Year
ending September 2014 9508<br>Year ending September 2015 10024<br>Year ending September
2016 10513<br>Year ending September 2017 13723<br>Year ending September 2018 14788</p><p>
</p><p>The Government is very concerned about recent increases in knife crime and
its impact on victims, families and communities. The action we are taking is set out
in our Serious Violence Strategy and includes new legislation in the Offensive Weapons
Bill, currently in Parliament, and continuing police action on knife crime under Operation
Sceptre.</p><p>We have amended the Bill to introduce Knife Crime Prevention Orders,
which will help prevent young people from carrying knives. The Strategy includes a
strong focus on prevention and early intervention to stop young people being drawn
into violent crime.</p><p>We are supporting early intervention and prevention with
children and young people through the Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22 million,
which is already supporting 29 projects across England and Wales. Over £17 million
has already been allocated to projects delivering interventions to young people at
risk of criminal involvement, gang exploitation and county lines. We are also supporting
68 small community projects this year through £1.5 million from the anti-knife crime
Community Fund, one of which is working in local schools in Romford, Barking, Dagenham,
Ilford and Redbridge.</p>
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