Overview
- The Home Office reports 59,259 knives and blades have been taken off the streets of England and Wales since July 2024.
- A July surrender focused on ninja swords collected 7,512 items ahead of Ronan’s Law taking effect on August 1.
- Further removals include 47,795 zombie knives and machetes surrendered last year, 3,334 seizures by Border Force, and 618 recoveries in county lines operations.
- ONS figures to June show knife-enabled homicides down 18% to 196 and recorded knife offences down 5% to 51,527, marking the first annual decline in four years.
- Campaigners and victims’ families welcome the progress as the Crime and Policing Bill advances measures for tougher age checks and stricter online sales and delivery rules, supported by initiatives such as FazAmnesty.