Knife crime in Cheshire drops by more than a quarter to make it second lowest in England and Wales

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Cheshire has the second lowest rate of knife crime in England and Wales.

The number of knife-related offences committed in the county decreased by 27.6 per cent from the year ending in December 2019 to the year ending in December 2020.

There were 29 offences per 100,000 of the population in 2020 compared to 37 in 2019. The only area with a lower rate of knife crime in that period in England and Wales is Durham in the North East of England.

Only last month police in the region arrested 42 people and seized 48 blades in a crackdown on the crime. A further 226 weapons were left in surrender bins.