UK’s largest survey on knife crime, bullying and gang rivalry has uncovered ‘shocking and unacceptable’ levels of violence
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Half of all teenagers witnessed or were victims of violence in England and Wales last year, according to a landmark report by government advisers into what drives knife crime, bullying and gang rivalries.
The largest-ever survey in the UK of youngsters about the problem found “shocking and unacceptable” levels of youth violence, with 358,000 teenagers physically injured during the last 12 months.
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