Devon & Cornwall Police are launching a knife amnesty to encourage members of the public to dispose of knives to reduce the number in circulation that could become involved in criminality.
Devon and Cornwall is one of the safest areas to live in the UK and recent statistics from June 2022 show there was just 42 knife crime offences for every 100,000 resident population, placing...
The knife amnesty, supported by Devon and Cornwall Police and other UK forces, as part of Operation Sceptre, is now concluded. It ran from 17 – 23 July in Devon and Cornwall (19 – 26 July in Plymouth).
Outside the periods of these amnesties, unwanted bladed items should be safely transported to the metal reclamation section of your local recycling centre.
Devon and Cornwall Police is supporting Operation Sceptre, a Home Office instigated week of action (17-23 July) aimed at detecting knife related crime, increasing intelligence, community engagement and public reassurance, the main part of which is a knife amnesty.
The policing teams taking part are Cornwall; South Devon; Exeter, East and Mid Devon; North and West Devon and Plymouth....
