Crime Prevention event : Mon 17 Nov 14:00

Dear Resident, 

Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at a Knife Amnesty bin event at Co-Operative Food on Derby Road, Ripley on Monday 17th November 2025 between 2 and 3pm.

This week, as part of the national Operation Sceptre knife crime week of action, we are highlighting the work we do year-round to tackle knife crime. 

A major part of this campaign is the knife amnesty, and we highly encourage anyone with unwanted knives to hand them in to us this week.

You may have old knives which you don’t use any more, or you may have had a knife that was legal to own privately but, under the updated Offensive Weapons Act, this is no longer the case. 

Whatever the reason, hand them in to us using the amnesty bin and they will be safely disposed of – which could be vital in preventing them from getting into the wrong hands. 

#OpSceptre #KnivesShatterLives #DropTheKnife #CommunityEngagement