As part of the campaign posters will be put up in high knife crime areas, such as Manchester, south Wales, and some London boroughs. The amnesty will run until 30 June, but anyone carrying a knife will still be arrested if they are not on their way to an amnesty bin.
Last week 15-year-old Kiyan Prince died after being stabbed outside his school in Edgware, northwest London. Tom Sackville, assistant director of prevention services at charity Crime Concern, said the problems of knife crime have been highlighted by a local project in the area, Barnet Action for Youth.
It is a big issue in all areas, not just in Barnet, he said. There has been a very high profile around gun crime, with maybe a bit less of a focus on knives, and we need to be very careful not to take our eyes off the ball.
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