DEVON and Cornwall Police has launched a new website to provide information and guidance around knife crime.

The #NotTheOne website focuses on statistics around people who carry a knife.

In Devon & Cornwall one in 1000 people carry a knife.

The campaign is being supported by the family of Michael Riddiough-Allen, who died following a knife attack outside of a Bodmin nightclub in 2023.

The new website content includes videos, lived experience stories and interactive education packages and aims to advise young people, parents, carers and teachers about all aspects of knife carrying and knife crime.

Force knife crime lead, DCI Steve Fleetwood said, ‘Here in Devon and Cornwall knife crime levels are very low.

‘We want to keep it that way by educating the public and preventing and reducing knife crime in our communities, which is why we have developed this website.

‘It is our hope that the website will provide information for various audiences, including young people, to educate people about knife carrying and to understand the dangers and possible consequences.

‘There are some very moving stories recounted on video by victims, perpetrators, mothers, teachers, etc. which show the reality of knife crime when it happens.

‘Our message has been and remains that knife carrying doesn’t make you safer.

‘We urge anyone who is concerned about knife crime in their area, to contact police and tell us about it’.

Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner said: ‘We must do everything we can to stop our young people being affected by knife crime.

‘I am pleased to see this campaign promoting Fearless, the anonymous reporting tool operated by Crimestoppers, because when I visit schools and colleges young people often tell me they weren’t aware of the option to report crime anonymously’.