VOTE: Knife crime in Worthing

The robbery at 10.10pm on Thursday, May 22, was the latest in a series of knife attacks in the town.

Click here to read about the incident.

This attack came a week after two men received knife wounds to their hands and faces after robbers attacked them in Victoria Park, on Thursday, May 15 at 10pm.

A further three knife attacks were reported to police in other parts of the town during May.

On Monday, May 12, a gang of teenagers threatened a boy at Teville Gate multi-storey car park.

Another gang of teenagers attacked a boy in Goring Road on Friday, May 9.

Click here to read details of these incidents.

Government campaign

Today (Thursday, May 29), the government launched its 3million advertising campaign It Doesn't Have to Happen, click here for the website, which tries to show teenagers the consequences of carrying a knife.

This is part of an extra 5million being spent by the Home Office to tackle the knife crime issue.

In the light of the perceived increase in the number of knife attacks in Worthing, the Herald wants to hear readers' opinions about the issue.

Have your say

Do you think enough is being done to tackle knife crime in Worthing?

The poll's final result had 96 per cent of people taking part voting no, and four per cent voting yes..

What do you think?

How worried are you about knife crime?

What can be done to stop people from carrying knives?

Share your views, comment in the space below, email the Herald or write in to Readers' Letters, Cannon House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, BN11 1NA.

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