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children and teenagers killed by knives in 2017

In 2017 we marked the death of each child and teen killed by knives and pursued the themes and possible solutions to the issues surrounding knife crime. We also exclusively revealed national data that showed last year was one of the worst in 40 years for knife fatalities. These pen portraits will no longer be updated.

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Beyond the blade: films and podcasts

  • Beyond the Blade

    Beyond the Blade multimedia series

    This multimedia project is a creative response to the Beyond the Blade investigation, seeking to get behind sensationalist headlines and challenge misconceptions about knife crime in the UK.

Beyond the blade

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    Long read
    The radical lessons of a year reporting on knife crime

    The long read: At the end of our award-winning series, it’s clear that fixing the problem will require political will and a dramatic new approach. But our politicians are still reacting to tabloid headlines instead of facts
  • voices5

    Living with knife crime
    'Both my sons have been stabbed'

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The count

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    Beyond the blade: marking the death of every child and teen by a knife in 2017

    There is no publicly available national data on children and teens killed by knives in Britain. So last year we compiled it ourselves. Read our coverage by Gary Younge and Damien Gayle as they explored the themes behind knife crime in Britain.

The project

  • Ciaran Thapar

    Knife crime is rising – and we're closing down the very places that could stop it

    Ciaran Thapar
  • Beyond the blade

    Beyond the blade: the truth about knife crime in Britain

  • Whitney Iles, the chief executive of Project 507, which works across London.

    'A knife isn't necessarily there to damage – young people say it's for protection'

  • Gary Younge

    The knife crime crisis is national. The solutions must be local

    Gary Younge

Latest updates

  • Beyond the blade: experiences

    Update #8
    Beyond the blade: your experiences of knife crime

  • A youth brandishing a knife in the street

    Update #7
    Our search for data exposed the poverty of the knife crime debate

  • Sadiq Khan and students from Evelyn Grace Academy

    Update #6
    Working to discourage young people from carrying knives

  • Joshua Bwalya, 16, died after being stabbed in Barking, east London.

    Update #5
    Four teenagers stabbed to death in England in less than a week

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