By Jack Newman For Mailonline
Published: 19:32 GMT, 10 March 2019 | Updated: 19:32 GMT, 10 March 2019
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Knife crime is rising faster in the Home Counties and rural areas of the UK than in London.
Kent has seen the biggest rise in knife crime since April 2010 with an increase of 152 per cent while London has only seen an 11 per cent rise.
Across 34 counties in England and Wales outside London, knife related offences have risen by 45.7 per cent, according to The Guardian.
Knife crime has risen dramatically in Kent and the Home Counties since April 2010 while London has only seen an 11 per cent increase
Jodie Chesney, 17, was stabbed in the back near a children's playground in Romford, east London
The news comes after a spate of stabbings across the country with Jodie
