Knife crime against women and girls has more than doubled in five years and campaigners are warning that not enough is being done to keep them safe.
New figures obtained by The Independent show the number of women who were killed, injured or threatened by a knife soared from 6,000 in 2018 to more than 13,700 in 2022 – laying bare the scale of the crisis. The offences include ones relating to robbery, rape, homicide, public order and theft.
