Impact of Knife Crime on London Locals: A Research Project Report

This report presents a research project investigating the influence of knife crime on the local community in London. The introduction highlights the increasing incidents of knife crime and its impact on residents. The research questions explore the scenario, effects, and reasons behind the rise in knife crime. The thesis statement aims to analyze the impact on locals, with objectives to understand the scenario, analyze the effects, and investigate the reasons. The rational emphasizes the need to identify the impact and collect data. The research methodology includes qualitative and quantitative approaches with random and non-random sampling, using primary and secondary data sources. Expected outcomes include the high level of offenses in 2017. Findings are presented through frequency tables, showing awareness of the issue, the increase over the past three years, and the effects on residents, such as loss of productivity and feelings of unsafety. The conclusion summarizes the significant impact on the local community. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of knife crime in London, supported by relevant references.

RESEARCH
PROJECT

Cover Content
 Introduction
 Research Questions
 Thesis Statement
 Rational
 Main sources of reserch
 Expected Outcomes
 Findings
 Conclusion

Introduction
 There have been a different number of high profile
incidents where youths have been injured or killed by
someone using a Knife as a weapon.
 In London, knife crime scenes are increasing heavily
which is effecting the lives of local people very much

Research Questions
 Explain the scenario knife crime in London?
 What are the effects of knife crime on people who are
living in London?
 What are the main reason to the increase in Knife Crime
in London?

Thesis Statement
Aim: Main aim of this project is:“To investigate the influence of
Knife Crime on locals of London”.
Objectives:
 To understand the scenario of knife crime in London.
 To analyse affect of knife crime on people who are living in
London.
 To investigate the main reason of increasing of Knife Crime in
London.

Rational Of Research
 Main reason behind conducting this project is to identify
the impact of Knife crime on local community.
 Therefore, with the help of research, an investigator
easily collect data about the crime in London.
 Thus, it is essential for the researcher to overcome this
crime.

Main Sources Of Reserch
Research approach: There are basically two types of
research approach such as qualitative and quantitative
Research sampling: There are two types of research
sampling such as random and non-random.
Data analysis: For collecting relevant amount of data,
primary and secondary source of important.

Expected Outcomes
 The knife crime in London has reached to its highest
level in the year 2017. It is almost 15000 offences
committed in the year 2017.
 The data shown here is horrible to the community of
London because it motivates the criminals to expand
their feathers.

Findings
Q1) Are you aware about the scenario of
knife crime in London?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 10
a) Yes b) No
0
5
10
15
20
20
10
Frequency

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Q2) Do you think the issue of knife crime
incidents has increased within the past
three years?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 10
c) Not Sure 5
a) Yes b) No c) Not Sure
0
5
10
15
15
10
5
Frequency

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Q3) What are the affect of knife crime on
people who are living in London?
Frequency
a) Loss of productivity level 10
b) Feeling Unsafe 10
c) Taking community in a wrong direction 10
a) Loss of productivity level
b) Feeling Unsafe
c) Taking community in a wrong direction
0
4
8
10 10 10
Frequency

Conclusion
 From the above given data, it can be concluded knife
crime is major issue in London and impacted on locals
or community.
 It is a cruel crime and highly impact on person life,
occupation etc. Knife crime in London is a biggest
scenario which is aware by more than half of the
population.

References
Holligan, C., 2015. Disenfranchised violent young offenders
in Scotland: using actor-network theory to explore an
Aetiology of knife crime. Sociology, 49(1), pp.123-
138.
McCandless, R., Feist, A., Allan, J. and Morgan, N., 2016.
Do initiatives involving substantial increases in stop and
search reduce crime? Assessing the impact of Operation
Blunt 2.
Stanko, S., 2017. Assault on men: Masculinity and male
victimization. In Crime, Criminal Justice and
Masculinities (pp. 133-148). Routledge.

Thank-You