Stroud Liberal Democrats![Ed Davey (Chris McAndrew [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)](https://i2.stroudlibdems.org.uk/en/image/61CNnG/400/400/ed-davey-16.png "Ed Davey (Chris McAndrew [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)")
Knife crime was up 26% year-on-year, while overall crimes increased by 13%.
Commenting on the reported rise in violent crime, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, said:
"People's lives are under threat because Theresa May is failing to back Britain's police.
"These increases in violent crime are frightening and it ought to be government's first priority to protect the public. Yet with her police cuts, Theresa May has gone soft on crime and is letting the country down.
"Theresa May was the Home Secretary for six years: she ought to understand the needs of the police. Instead, she has left them out in the cold."
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