Meanwhile in Bolton

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Just enjoying a bacon barm and a coffee and then someone tries to stab you

Frightening

 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

There seem to be far more absolute dangers walking around these days

[Cheese]

9 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

There seem to be far more absolute dangers walking around these days

Britain has never been safer. There's just more cameras and instant newsfeeds.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

14 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Britain has never been safer. There's just more cameras and instant newsfeeds.

There's been a pretty significant increase in recorded knife crime over the last ten years

[Cheese]

12 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

There's been a pretty significant increase in recorded knife crime over the last ten years

Let's see the source.

[only1swanny]

5 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Let's see the source.

Ben Kinsella trust 

https://benkinsella.org.uk/knife-crime-statistics/#:~:text=According to the Office for National Statistics%2C,object in the year ending September 2025

Plenty on there.. Knife crime has been on the rise, seems to have been a slight dip. But whilst people can go in home bargains and buy a kitchen knife with a point for £3 then it's going to carry on rising. Price correct as of 27th Dec when I last looked.. 

[only1swanny]

99% sure the guy in the video is one of the ones at the end of St Peters way, looks very familiar..

[Cheese]

6 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Ben Kinsella trust 

https://benkinsella.org.uk/knife-crime-statistics/#:~:text=According to the Office for National Statistics%2C,object in the year ending September 2025

Plenty on there.. Knife crime has been on the rise, seems to have been a slight dip. But whilst people can go in home bargains and buy a kitchen knife with a point for £3 then it's going to carry on rising. Price correct as of 27th Dec when I last looked.. 

From that page:

Knife crime falls for second year, but long-term prevention remains vital

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales fell by 9% in the year ending September 2025, with 50,430 offences recorded.

[only1swanny]

He said over the last 10 years, which it has

You've selected a quote about the last 2 years which doesn't account for the rise before hand....

Dickheads carrying knives, not giving a shit for what happens, psycho's, wannabe gangsters etc.. 

 

I know you like to be controversial and argue with hand picked facts, but when it's a subject which is close to home, then to try and belittle a very true statement makes you come across as a bit of a twit, I'm not entirely sure what point you are trying to prove here. Knife crimes increased over the last 10 years.. FACT.. that it's dipped recently irrelevant to the initial fact, unless it drops below the levels of 10 years ago.. 

 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

25 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Let's see the source.

March 2015: 27,401 knife-enabled criminal offences

September 2025: 47,275 knife-enabled criminal offences

[Cheese]

3 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

March 2015: 27,401 knife-enabled criminal offences

September 2025: 47,275 knife-enabled criminal offences

 

[Zico]

2 minutes ago, Cheese said:

 

 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

8 minutes ago, Cheese said:

 

That'll be useful if anyone ever claims there's been an increase in murder rate 

[Cheese]

8 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

That'll be useful if anyone ever claims there's been an increase in murder rate 

Your original claim was that there "seems to be far more absolute dangers walking around these days". Knife crime may have increased over the last 10 years, but the murder rate has fallen. And the "significant increase in knife crime" you referred to isn't very significant at all.

It's no coincidence that the "feeling" that the streets are more dangerous has increased at the same rate as the number of cameras recording the streets.

Edited Wednesday at 20:10 by Cheese

[royal white]

I remember when folk said crime had fallen under the tories and the excuse was it’s because of lack of policing, now Labour are in its because the country is safe and something about cameras. 🙄

[Zico]

35 minutes ago, Cheese said:

And the "significant increase in knife crime" you referred to isn't very significant at all.

 

the dark blue line went up as high as 50% until that last drop

just under 15,000 to just under 22,500

50% is quite signifcant to be fair

[jmjhb]

Sadiq's Bolton

Bloody immigrants

[Cheese]

 

[only1swanny]

22 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

That'll be useful if anyone ever claims there's been an increase in murder rate 

Doesn't matter if it's an increase or slight decrease, shouldn't be happening at all..

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

19 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Doesn't matter if it's an increase or slight decrease, shouldn't be happening at all..

Of course, but my point was that I wasn't arguing there'd been an increase in murders