Knife Amnesty Yields Over 100 Weapons In Thame

AS a month-long knife amnesty across the Thame Valley Police Force area comes to and, over 100 weapons were handed in to Thame Police station.
The national campaign aimed to take knives and offensive weapons out of circulation, in an effort to make communities safer.
Carrying knives is illegal and can result in up to four years in prison.

The following shows Thame’s figures in relation to other Oxfordshire police stations:
Banbury 97
Bicester 64
Kidlington 43
Chipping Norton 47
Witney 81
Carterton 12
Woodstock 5
Oxford 91
Cowley 173
Wantage 758 * *
Abingdon 128
Faringdon 4
Didcot 44
Wallingford 22
Henley 132
Sonning Common 9
Thame 101
Chinor 27

* 724 of these were brand new pen knives still in their boxes