BenIreland commented One in 25 crimes in Nottinghamshire involves a knife as weapon...

One in every 25 crimes reported to police in Nottinghamshire involved a knife or sharp instruments, new figures reveal.There were 580 incidents involving knives recorded by Nottinghamshire Police in the last year – a rise of more than six per cent on the previous year.The Office for National Statistics' data also shows a 27 percent rise in possession of weapons in Nottinghamshire.However, crime is not on the rise. There has been a ten percent drop in robbery. Reports of sexual offences...