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Tag Archives: knife crime
New leader Ali blames covid for crime report that is a year late
CROYDON IN CRISIS: On crime figures, ‘some are going up, some are going down’, according to the newly elected leader of the council, who has failed in a legal duty to deliver a community safety plan. KEN LEE reports Whichever … Continue reading
Responding to violence, Met Police, Town Hall, Feb 25
Posted in Craig Knight, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Craig Knight, Croydon, Croydon Council, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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Community meetings and forms as council tests public mood
How safe do you feel in Croydon today? Recent tragic and traumatising events across the borough have led the council to seek the views of the public on the level of tension in Croydon and its suburbs. This urgent check … Continue reading
Community meeting on knife crime, New Addington, Jul 1
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, New Addington, New Addington North
Tagged knife crime, New Addington
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Labour warns that education cuts threaten knife crime work
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and Croydon MP Sarah Jones have warned that funding cuts to colleges and schools in Croydon risk jeopardising the good work being done in the borough to tackle knife crime. The Labour MPs met staff … Continue reading
21 youngsters treated daily by A&E after violence, survey finds
The description of the rise of knife crime on our streets as an “epidemic” has been backed up by a report, published today, which shows hospitals across the country treating as many as 21 young victims of violence every day, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged knife crime, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, youth knife crime
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Central Parade shop fined £6,000 for under-age knife sales
There’s little surprise that Croydon might have a “knife crime problem”, when established businesses think little of the consequences of flogging sets of deadly blades to kids. The council’s trading standards this week brought a successful prosecution at Croydon Magistrates … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Knife crime, New Addington
Tagged knife crime, New Addington, Trading Standards
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Police conduct borough-wide stop and search operation
Croydon police yesterday embarked on a borough-wide stop and search operation in its latest efforts to clamp down on knife crime. In doing so, the police managed to revive memories of “Operation Swamp”, the overbearing exercise which alienated police from … Continue reading
Council bid for anti-knife crime funding rejected as ‘unrealistic’
Croydon anti-knife crime projects have missed out on around £500,000 in Government funding because of an unseemly tug-of-war between Whitehall and Croydon Town Hall. On Friday, the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced nearly £10million-worth of funding, allocated … Continue reading
FTI Croydon knife crime discussion, Braithwaite Hall, Feb 28
Posted in Church and religions, Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Faiths Together In Croydon, knife crime
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Tory Government’s £10m anti-knife crime fund ignores Croydon
The Tory Government has this morning announced £9.8million of grants to projects supporting children and families vulnerable to knife crime and gang culture around the country. Yet not a single penny has been allocated to any such scheme in Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Crime, Croydon South, Jeff Boothe, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Policing
Tagged Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jeff Boothe, knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Tory, youth knife crime
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Pupils excluded from schools at risk from crime gangs – survey
Growing numbers of children excluded from school in Croydon and across London are being left at risk of involvement in knife crime and violence, according to research from children’s charity Barnardo’s and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime. In … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, knife crime, Labour, London, Sarah Jones MP
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Police chief says drop in knife crime is ‘just the beginning’
Croydon’s borough commander backs the use of stop and search to help continue reductions in levels of knife crime, and invites residents to join the police in swoops on ‘hotspot areas’ Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe, the Metropolitan Police’s borough commander, … Continue reading
MP Jones accuses Prime Minister of ‘ignoring’ knife crime
Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon Central, today accused the Prime Minister of “paying lip-service” to the scourge of knife crime on our streets. “She wouldn’t ignore it if it was middle-class children getting stabbed,” the Labour MP said. Jones … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, knife crime, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Member of parliament, Metropolitan Police, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell
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Norbury project wins grant from £1.1m knife crime funding
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced £1.15million-worth of grants to projects around the capital, including four which operate in Croydon, and which are working to reduce knife crime and its impact on families and communities. A total of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Crime, Knife crime, Mayor of London, Norbury, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Mayor, Mayor of London, Norbury, Sadiq Khan
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Business, police and council unite for knife crime events
The schools’ half-term break will see the start of a three-week programme to raise awareness of knife crime and the impact it has on the community. The council’s youth engagement team joins forces with Croydon Business Improvement District (BID), Croydon … Continue reading
Former Met officer accuses PM of having ‘blood on her hands’
This is a television news interview you’re unlikely to see re-run in full on any major news channel any time soon. After four young men were killed on New Year’s Eve in our city, Sky News conducted this interview with … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Steve O'Connell
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Peter Kirkham, Steve O'Connell
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MP Jones demands action after latest fatal teen stabbing
Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon Central, last night demanded “action not words” following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Croydon town centre. The 17-year-old victim, who has not yet been identified by police, was knifed outside the Whitgift … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon Central, knife crime, Sarah Jones MP
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JAGS Foundation stages 10th anniversary dinner at City Hall
The JAGS Foundation is 10 years old this year, and to mark the anniversary they are staging a fund-raising gala dinner at City Hall next month. JAGS is a Croydon-based organisation which seeks to reduce and eliminate violent crime among … Continue reading
Poundland removes knives from Thornton Heath shop window
Poundland in Thornton Heath has removed its display of large-bladed knives from its High Street shop window. The store’s management removed the deadly weapons from display within hours of Inside Croydon bringing the matter to the attention of one of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP, Thornton Heath
Tagged knife crime, Sarah Jones MP, Thornton Heath
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Thornton Heath Poundland’s deadly shop window display
Croydon MP Sarah Jones made an important speech in parliament last night to call for a 10-year strategy to stem the rise of knife crime. And this morning, in the borough Jones represents, a retail store is flogging weapons in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Jeff Boothe, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon Central, knife crime, Labour, Sarah Jones MP
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MP Jones wants to give Voice to the victims of knife crime
Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s new MP, has started a programme of evidence-gathering and meetings to try to identify the root causes of knife crime. The announcement comes as Metropolitan Police figures showed a total of 571 knife crime offences recorded … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Croydon Central, knife crime, Labour, Sarah Jones MP
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‘Our failure can be read on the headstones of dead youth’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Black teenagers continue to be seriously hurt, maimed and even die in knife crimes and shootings on our streets every week. In a speech last week, LEE JASPER said that there’s a ready solution to the worsening problem … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Crime, Education, Housing, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing
Tagged Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon, knife crime, Lee Jasper, London, Mayor, Metropolitan Police
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