It is a great headline for a journalist and from a distance the public can easily join the dots. However, in reality, the picture is far more complex.
Over the past decade, £781m has been removed by local authorities from youth services, and this has impacted our own ability to deliver youth work where it is needed most.
The rise in knife crime among young people is more than just youth service cuts, it goes back to the heart of what we call community. In our towns and cities it feels like we have lost this sense among young people. Go back a generation and our young people were playing on the street, over the park or at a local youth centre. They were doing this from a young age and building relationships with other people from their area.
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