Police in Bradford seized 93 knives and weapons during a citywide crackdown on knife crime over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bradford City Neibourhood Policing Team (NPT) seized 93 weapons as part of a knife amnesty designed to make communities safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers carried out regular knife sweeps and deployed a knife arch in key areas across the city to identify and deter offenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the weapons seized were machetes, lock knives, and ninja swords, which are now illegal to possess even in private following recent changes to legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The operation forms part of the district’s wider work to reduce knife-related violence, supported by the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) and Operation Jemlock, the force-wide initiative tackling serious violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police say the city is already seeing progress, as knife-related violence has fallen by 9.6% among victims under 25, and by 21.3% for victims under 18 in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inspector Justin Adams, who leads the City Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “We are committed to reducing knife crime across the city and we work with our partners to tackle this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery weapon surrendered is one less that could be used to cause serious harm. This amnesty is about more than just removing knives; it\u2019s about having conversation through education and building trust within our communities to make our streets safer.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police in Bradford seized 93 knives and weapons during a citywide crackdown on knife crime over the summer. The Bradford City Neibourhood Policing Team (NPT) seized 93 weapons as part of a knife amnesty designed to make communities safer. Officers carried out regular knife sweeps and deployed a knife arch in key areas across the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":284,"featured_media":2262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,227],"tags":[35,110,55,31],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-generalnews","category-west-yorkshire","tag-crime","tag-knifecrime","tag-police","tag-west-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"\n