“More to do” after the flood of Stichbings in derby

The police and criminal officer from Derbyshire (PCC) has proposed that work to combat knife crime must concentrate on both adults and young people after four stinging incidents in derby over a period of 12 days.

Gurvinder Johal was fatally stabbed in the city center on May 6th in Lloyds Bank before a man in the thirty in a house in Crewton in Alvaston suffered stab wounds on his arm.

The following day, two men were stabbed during a fight between two groups in the Middleton Street, Normanton, before another stabbing on Mercian Way on Sunday.

PCC Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts said she had the feeling that preventive work had to be directed to a number of age groups.

Your comments come during the National Messer Crime Awareness Week and the start of Operation Scepter-Einer Coordinated police forces throughout England and Wales to combat violence in connection with knives.

Ndiweni-Roberts described the flood of knife incidents in the city as a “deeply worrying time for local communities”.

“These are not just statistics – these have been changed forever. Behind every headline there is a person, a family, a community that is in pain,” she said.

“Too often we focus on young people – and although this is important, it is not the whole picture.

“Some of those who are involved in knife crime are now adults who grew up in environments in which the wearing of a knife has been normalized. We also have to reach them.”

The PCC said that significant work had already come into prevention – especially in education among young people – but the problem is “not limited to youth”.

She added that there should be a “change in the settings” to get to the “basic causes” – such as poverty, mental health, addiction and organized crimes.

Cooperation with various organizations such as schools and the NHS could be helpful.

Her office said Derbyshire had a reduction in knife crime by 10.9% last year.

Derbyshire has financed the Ministry of the Interior to support the Department of Power Reduction (VRU) and the broader prevention work.

In 2025-26, the PCC received another 641,000 GBP to further expand these initiatives.

“This financing is critical … it helps us to combat razor crime from every possible perspective-through education, support for the community, police work and prevention,” said Ndiweni-Roberts.

“But until the people in their communities really feel safe, our work is not done.”

Haybe Cabdiraxmaan only, 47, from the Western Road, Derby, was charged with murder of Gurvinder Johal, 37. He should temporarily go to court in the new year.

A man in the thirties was arrested because he suspected that he was causing serious physical injuries after the incident.