A cutlery company in England has designed a new line of kitchen knives with square tips in an effort to reduce the rising knife crime that has plagued the United Kingdom. The Viners firm, founded in ...

A series of fatal stabbings in and around Bristol in recent years has led to talk of a knife crime "epidemic". Research suggests the public are worried and many fear overall crime is getting worse.

The latest crime figures for England and Wales show police-recorded homicides at a historic low and knife offences falling, though shoplifting remains close to record levels. Here the PA news agency ...