{"id":25095,"date":"2018-11-07T22:33:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T22:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=25095"},"modified":"2018-11-07T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T22:33:28","slug":"children-walking-home-from-school-are-the-most-likely-to-get-stabbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/children-walking-home-from-school-are-the-most-likely-to-get-stabbed\/","title":{"rendered":"Children walking home from school are the most likely to get stabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study published by the British Medical Journal found that under-16s are at the highest risk of getting stabbed on their way home from school. \u201cThe period immediately after school accounts for a large proportion of [stabbing] incidents in children, and these predominantly occur close to home and school,\u201d said the report led by Paul Vulliamy from the Centre for Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary University of London.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This research follows a week of violence in London. At least five people have been stabbed to death in London this week. On Monday evening a 16-year-old was stabbed to death in front of his parents, with friends describing him as \u201cbubbly\u201d and \u201cpolite\u201d.<\/p>\n

The BMJ wrote that the highest frequency of stabbings on under 16-year-olds occurred between 4 pm and 6 pm and within 5km of their school and their home.<\/p>\n

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There has been a major shift towards younger victims over the past few decades. The graph on the left is from a 1987 paper from East London (https:\/\/t.co\/EWSsvwHYFa<\/a>), on the right is from our paper today pic.twitter.com\/wpkeC5alqB<\/a><\/p>\n

— Paul Vulliamy (@Paulvulliamy) November 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n