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My stats would be: 'which age / sex / race 'is most likely to carry knives' based on convictions over the last 5 years.

I didn't advocate 'harassing the crap' out of any ethnic group, I advocate stopping and searching those the data indicate are most likely to be carrying knives, so if it it white males between the age of 16-25 in certain post code areas then 'harass the crap' out of them and if it p*sses them...

Didn't say I was only interested in London but the thread started because of a knife crime in London. It does seem to me that London does seem to have more knife crimes than anywhere else in the country but maybe it's living down South so I'm more aware of it. Would you agree that targeting a...

I'm sure for London it would be a fairly simple task to come up with a profile of those most likely to carry a knife. As for hoodies: search at your discretion. Would what you suggest to solve knife crime in London?

I'm suggesting exactly what I said in my last post.

Really simple solution: Stop and search those who the statistics based on perpetrators and victims are most likely to carry a knife. I'm not saying it would stop it but if you fall within that demographic you will know there is a good chance you will be stopped and searched it may deter you from...

Targeting a specific group who are most likely to commit knife crime is not racist it's common sense.

Targeting white / black / asian is not being racist it is sensible Policing aimed at eradicating knife crime. If the stats show it is white youths who are most likely to commit knife crime then stop and search them between certain hours the same applies for black and asian youths.

Perhaps if there was a stop and search policy in place Elianne might still be alive, a long shot I concede but a possibility. For now we need to forget about what happened in 1981 and stop looking for 'explanations' and look at solving knife crime. If that involves stop and searching those who...

Indeed I have, but that's an aside to knife crime. Don't you see that targeting those most likely to cause knife crime makes perfect common sense?

'Superior intellects' are all over this thread, however unlike them me and you appear to live in the real world and we suggest targeting the most likely perpetrators based on the data, which to me makes perfect sense and if it does mean a certain demographic getting stopped and searched then...

To me it's all in the data. Look at who are likely to be the perpetrators of knife crime in terms of age / sex / ethnic group and apply the same in terms of the victims. So for example if the demographic indicates white males between the age of 16-25 are likely to be the victims and perpetrators...