Bristol sees an average of four knife crimes every day, new figures reveal

Bristol has been revealed as the knife crime capital of the Avon & Somerset policing district, an investigation by Personal Injury Claims UK has revealed. 

New figures show the city accounts for a staggering 47 per cent of knife crimes in the area, with a total of 4,826 incidents recorded. 

It comes amid the tragic fatal stabbings of Darrian Williams, 16, on in Easton February 14, and Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, who were stabbed in Knowle West on January 27.

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The force confirmed via a Freedom of Information request that a whopping 10,320 knife crimes have been recorded since November 2020. 

This works out as around nine knife crimes happening every day in Avon & Somerset policing areas.

The figures have been released amid a campaign to bring to the 27-foot Knife Angel to Bristol in response to the spate of attacks in the city.