Sir Mark Rowley, who heads the country’s largest police force, has previously warned of ‘eye-watering’ cuts to the force’s spending ...

Of the 55,008 knife crime offences in England and Wales in the year to September 2024, 30% (16,521) were recorded by the Metropolitan Police, 9% (4,930) by West Midlands Police, 6% (3,427) by Greater ...