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Gun and knife crime affecting young

Updated on 17 April 2008

Source PA News

More than one in 10 young people have been personally affected by gun and knife crime, according to a new report.

NCH, the children's charity, found 36% of youngsters were worried about such crime in their area and 20% felt that they were either sometimes or often in danger.

Some 29% of respondents said they had been affected by gun and knife crime, 15% said they had been personally affected and 41% knew someone who had been personally affected.

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