Knife crime hospital admissions fall across county
Steve Hubbard/BBCHospital admissions linked to knife crime have fallen significantly in a county over the past six years, according to a new report.
The report by the office of Cambridgeshire's police and crime commissioner Darryl Preston said admissions after assaults involving a sharp object had reduced by almost half since the year ending March 2020.
Despite a longer-term decline, the report said both accounts of knife crime and related hospital admissions had risen in the past year.
It added improved hospital data and crime reporting procedures could be partly responsible for the increase.
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Crime data published by Cambridgeshire Police showed reports of both violent and weapons-related offences rose in the year to July, the latest period for which figures were available.
The force recorded 30,330 incidents of violence and sexual offences, up 3.1% compared to the year before.
Possession of weapons offences rose from 1,084 in the year ending July 2025 to 1,231 in the past year – a 13.6% rise.
Several areas of Peterborough were among the neighbourhoods with the most reports of both types of offence.
The report, prepared for a meeting of the county's police and crime panel on 16 September, said Preston had secured almost £600,000 of funding from the Home Office to support early intervention and crime prevention projects across Cambridgeshire.
Similar projects reached more than 4,000 young people and about 350 adults last year, the report said, including schemes in "violence hotspot locations".
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