Knife Crime

3. Leading to failure or disaster.
6. Behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
8. A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
9. Institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organisation).
13. State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.
14. A makeshift knife fashioned from a sharp item such as broken glass or a razor.
15. An organised group of criminals.

1. The civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
2. A broad, heavy knife used as an implement or weapon, originating in Central America and the Caribbean.
4. The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
5. A group of people of a particular race or nationality living in a country or area where most people are from a different race
7. Damage to a person's body.
10. A person who has committed a crime.
11. A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
12. A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
14. Thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.