This is how many young people were on the police's radar for carrying knives at the end of 2023.

As part of their wide-ranging strategy to stamp out youth violence - which includes education and working with schools and children's services - the police have a list of regular knife carriers.

This identifies youths that have been caught with a knife more than once within the space of a year.

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They will then be the focus of police interventions and extra support from partner services to get them away from crime.

At the end of December 2023 for the ages of 10 to 21, there were 63 individuals on the habitual knife carrying list in Southampton.

Here is the breakdown across the four main areas of the city:

City Centre: 16

North: 11

East: 12

West: 24