More than 80,000 knives and dangerous weapons, around 100 a day, have been taken off Britain's streets since the General Election, the Home Office has announced.

The total of 80,190 weapons removed or seized since July 2024 includes surrendered zombie-style knives and machetes, ninja swords, weapons handed in at surrender bins and items seized by police and Border Force officers.

Knife-enabled robbery has fallen by almost a quarter in the seven police forces most affected, and knife crime across England and Wales is down by 11% since the General Election, equivalent to almost 6,000 fewer offences.

Where the 80,190 weapons came from

The largest single group was 47,795 zombie-style knives and machetes surrendered through the 2024 surrender and compensation scheme, followed by 3,942 ninja swords handed in under the July 2025 surrender scheme.

A further 3,570 knives and weapons were surrendered through extended surrender arrangements in July 2025, and 11,787 were deposited in Home Office-funded surrender bins between September 2025 and July 2026.

New figures show that 3,811 knives and weapons were handed in during a month of intensified action in August 2026. Of those, 3,049 were deposited in Word 4 Weapons surrender bins and 762 were handed to the FazAmnesty mobile surrender van. In Yorkshire, eight new static bins were installed, and in the month of August alone those bins collected 583 weapons.

Border Force seized 7,385 knives, and 1,900 were recovered through the County Lines Programme.

Robberies down by almost a quarter

Since June 2024, knife-enabled robbery has fallen by 24% across the seven forces most affected: the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Avon and Somerset, and British Transport Police. That is equivalent to 3,810 fewer robberies, and an improvement on the 23% reduction reported in the previous period.

Since the General Election, knife-enabled robbery is down 18% and knife homicides involving a knife or sharp instrument are down 25%. Knife homicides are at a 35-year low, and hospital admissions following assault with a sharp object have fallen by 16%, including a 19% fall among under-25s.

Separate figures from the Office for National Statistics for the year ending June 2026 show police-recorded knife-enabled offences fell by 6% to 48,615, from 51,567 a year earlier. Homicides by a knife or sharp instrument fell by 9% to 179.

Ministers say the tide is turning

Policing and Crime Minister Sarah Jones said no parent should have to fear that their child will leave home carrying a knife, or that they might not come home because of one. She said the government was acting at every stage, through targeted enforcement, intervention and prevention, to keep young people and communities safe.

Jones added: "We are turning the tide, as these results clearly show, but we cannot be satisfied while lives are still being lost and communities are still being harmed. We will keep pushing forward until we deliver our promise to halve knife crime."

Sandra Campbell, chief executive of Word 4 Weapons, said the August surrender showed that when safe disposal opportunities are available, communities respond, and each knife removed was one less that could cause harm.

Faron Paul, chief executive of FazAmnesty, said every weapon surrendered was one less that could destroy a life, a family or a community, and that the mobile van brought a safe way to hand over weapons directly into communities.

What happens next

The results come as the government continues rolling out its 26.25 million pound Knife Crime Concentrations Fund, targeting more than 230 knife crime hotspots with extra patrols, work to target prolific offenders, better CCTV and support for young people at risk.

The Home Office's new No Place for Knives pilot campaign launched in Birmingham, Croydon and Westminster earlier this month to raise awareness of visible enforcement measures such as extra patrols, rapid-response e-bikes and smarter metal detection.

The National Knife Crime Centre, launched in April and led by the National Police Chiefs' Council with Home Office funding, has identified 186 grey-market weapons sellers and reported 183 social media handles suspected of promoting or selling dangerous weapons to platforms so they can be shut down.

Its head, Commander Stephen Clayman, said the results were encouraging but there could be no room for complacency, and that tackling knife-enabled crime required a collective effort.

Pooja Kanda, whose son Ronan was killed with a ninja sword in a case of mistaken identity, welcomed the progress. She said every knife removed from the streets was potentially a life saved, and that she would continue calling for a robust retailer licensing system and stronger accountability.

The measures form part of the government's plan to halve knife crime within a decade, combining enforcement with work in schools and local organisations to reach young people at risk.