The survey from the children's commissioner for England quizzed more than 1,700 children and young people on levels of concern over gun and knife crime.
It found seven per cent said gun crime is an issue where they live - rising to 18 per cent of young people from lower socio-economic groups in Manchester.
The anonymous poll also showed that two per cent of those aged 12 to 17 actually carry a knife illegally, with fear or self-protection the most common reasons given.
Of the 968 questioned from the 12- to 17-year-old age group, four respondents said they had been in possession of a gun illegally.
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