Two children die in stabbings each month, study finds

Two school-aged children die each month from knife injuries in England, with most fatalities resulting from a single stab wound, according to the first national analysis of its kind.

The University of Bristol led two studies on how and why 145 children died in stabbings between 2019-2024, and found the average age of victims was 14 years old.

Environmental inequalities also meant children of Black or Black British ethnicity were about 13 times more likely to die from a knife-related injury, the study concluded.

Dr Jade Levell, from the research team, said preventing these tragedies requires “urgent, family-centred action” as researchers called for rapid changes.

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