All news on the topic: Knife crime

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Cash App founder Bob Lee seen staggering in final moments after being stabbed
CCTV footage shows Bob Lee desperately trying to flag cars down as he stumbles mortally wounded through the streets of San Francisco. At one point he collapses before picking himself up and moving on
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Tech superstar heard screaming in chilling 911 call while 'he’s bleeding out’
Cash App founder and Android star Bob Lee was a much-loved figure in the West Coast tech scene but was stabbed to deat in the early hours of Tuesday morning in San Francisco
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Truth behind 'lawless' city tech star feared 'deteriorating' before his murder
Following the tragic stabbing of Bob Lee, tech figures such as Twitter boss Elon Musk were quick to slam the city of San Francisco and its authorities, but what do the statistics say about wider crime trends?
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All we know about tech mogul stabbing - callous bystander & 'city deteriorating'
Tech guru Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App who helped launch Android, died after being stabbed twice in the chest in San Francisco, with tributes pouring in across social media including fromElon Musk - and concerns raised over the rate of violent crime in the city which Mr Lee had previously said was 'deteriorating'
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Tech mogul seen pleading with bystander after fatal stabbing but they drove away
Cash App chief Bob Lee, 43, was seen on the phone to 911 at around 2.30am on Tuesday after he was stabbed in the chest twice and tragicall died in a senseless mugging in San Francisco
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'Our daughters were stabbed to death by their exes - new laws aren't enough'
Carole Gould's daughter, Ellie, was killed by her ex while Julie Devey's daughter, Poppy, also died after being stabbed 23 times in the head and neck by her former boyfriend
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Boy, 4, found dead in alligator's mouth 'was alive when dad threw him in lake'
A father in St Petersburg, Florida is accused of stabbing his partner over 100 times and throwing his son into a lake with alligators. Thomas Mosley, 21, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder
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Tech mogul killed in 'senseless' mugging after 'staying an extra day' on trip
Bob Lee had recently moved out of the city and moved to Miami but had returned for a business trip. This was extended by one day when he was stabbed to death, friends say
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Tech mogul dubbed 'Crazy Bob' who created Android and Cash App stabbed to death
Tributes are pouring in for 'Crazy Bob' Lee, 43, a tech executive tragically stabbed to death in San Francisco - he was a creator of mobile payment service Cash App and helped lead the team that launched Android and worked at cryptocurrency company MobileCoin
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These are the UK's most wanted men - who the public are warned not to approach
The National Crime Agency has updated its list of the most wanted men in Britain for a litany of vile crimes, including murder, rape and drug smuggling. Call 999 if you see any of them
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'Moonlight Murderer' could be freed as he's 'no longer interested in women'
Klaus Braunig, now 78, has spent half a century behind bars after stabbing a doctor and her teenage daughter to death in their homes in the western German city of Mainz, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
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Man admits murdering pregnant mum with scissors in 'exceptionally brutal' attack
Ailish Walsh, 28, was 22 weeks pregnant when she was stabbed 40 times by Liam Taylor at her flat in East London - the court previously heard she was found covered in blood and unconscious in her bedroom by her father
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18-year-old killed in violent taxi ambush in broad daylight 'taken too soon'
Jamie Meah, 18, reportedly fled into a fish and chip shop after being knifed on Friday afternoon during an ambush as he travelled in a taxi through Leeds with a friend
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Dying teen 'runs screaming' into fish and chip shop as owner tries to save him
The Leeds shop was full of customers when the teen ran in, bleeding and screaming for help, according to a friend of the owner who tried desperately to stem the bleeding until medics arrived
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Police officer's handcuffs save his life when he's stabbed while arresting thug
Thomas McComish, 34, tried to slash PC John Rimmer twice with a carving knife after the police officer rushed to his colleague's aid fearing he could be "possibly killed"
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Taxi attack sees passenger, 18, stabbed to death and boy, 16, injured
Police rushed to the scene of horror in west Leeds, shortly before 5.30pm yesterday. An 18-year-old man died and a 16-year-old boy was seriously injured
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'I thought I'd die' says man attacked by great-grandfather with knife and bleach
Charles Goucher, 80, from Hull, turned up at his stepdaughter's home armed with a bread knife which he used to slay his son-in-law before throwing bleach over him in rage as he suffered a cost-of living meltdown
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Body of toddler, 2, found in alligator jaws in frantic search after mum's murder
The body of two-year-old Taylen Mosley was discovered in the jaws of an alligator, with his father since charged with murder for his death
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Man stabbed 54 times and genitals cut off by couple as threesome turns to murder
Elvan Kucukaltun was on trial at the Manavgat 2nd High Criminal Court accused of severing victim Kadir Demir's penis and stabbing him 54 times - with Kucukaltun's girfriend guilty of complicity
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'Untouchable' Olivia killer's reign of terror and links to 3 unsolved murders
Thomas Cashman, 34, is facing a life sentence for shooting nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, last August as he hunted down drug dealer Joseph Nee
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Bungling mugger yelled out his name to witness as he robbed man at knifepoint
Kyle Wood asked 'do you know who I am?' before shouting out his own name as he robbed a victim at knifepoint in a terrifying incident in Long Eaton, Derbyshire
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Dad killed in front of daughter, 3, after asking man not to vape around child
Paul Stanley Schmidt, from Canada, was stood outside Starbucks in Vancouver when suspect Inderdeep Singh Gosa started to vape in front of his three-year-old daughter
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Family of couple murdered by ex-commando launch bid to overturn his appeal win
Collin Reeves brutally stabbed neighbours Stephen and Jennifer Chapple to death at their home in Taunton, Somerset, while their children were asleep upstairs
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Two 'generous' women stabbed to death in knifeman rampage in Muslim centre
Social workers Mariana Jadaugy, 24, and Farana Sadrudin, 49, were working at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, when knife-wielding Afghan national Abdul Bashir entered the building and carried out a frenzied attack
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Man strangled and stabbed teen to death with friends to see how they would react
Ariane Barbara was senselessly killed after a group of friends strangled and stabbed her to see if they were psychopaths. One suspect has been sentenced to 15 and two others are awaiting trial