Leicestershire Police has carried out 42 knife sweeps; 47 test purchasing operations; recovered 329 knives; arrested 25 people and held...

A woman has today been sentenced after being found guilty a second time of the murder of her partner who was killed in 2016. Emma Magson...

A Plastic sword was found at the scene Firearms officers were deployed to a car park in Western Park yesterday (Monday 29...

Police are appealing for any witnesses or information. A man suffered serious injuries after he was stabbed during an incident in...

Leicestershire Police has been granted an extra £1million to tackle serious violence and the country’s spiralling knife crime epidemic,...

A Teenager was Stabbed in the city tonight. Picture by Leicester Media Parts of Charles Street at the corner of Humberstone Gate is currently closed to the public. Early reports are saying a man was taken to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, with injuries unknown. A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 5.50pm to a report of a stabbing in Humberstone Gate. “A 19-year-old man was injured and has been taken to Queen’s Medical Centre for treatment to a st

Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Lord Willy Bach announced the recipients of his £100k fund to tackle knife crime as a national crackdown operation commenced. Lord Willy Bach The PCC, who has pledged to get to the core of the knife crime epidemic sweeping Britain’s streets, announced a series of funding grants for projects which work directly with young people with the aim of turning them away from violence and gang life. It comes as police forces nationwide launc