By james art 
The findings are from the National Statistical Research Service (ONS) in England and Wales in the perceptions of children and the experience of violence and who they trust.
About 0.5%-or one in 200-10 to 15-year-olds said they had worn a knife in the previous 12 months.
But ONS noted that this could be an underestimation, as children who carry a weapon may be unlikely or do not want to admit that they do it.
A knife crime has been a matter of focus in recent weeks with a number of teenagers killed in piercing.
Former Children’s Commissioner for England, Baroness Ann Longfield earlier this month described crime with a knife, including teenagers as a “national crisis that needs a national response.”
The government has recently announced a number of measures to destroy the problem, including to make retailers to report bulk or suspicious knife sales in the police and increase prison sentences for two years for selling weapons to children or illegal blades such as Zombie Knives.
The latest study, based on a crime study assessment of 10 to 15 years in England and Wales (CSEW) during the year ending March 2024, showed the levels of fear among young people around to be attacked.
During the year ending in March 2024, a 10 to 15 -year crime study for England and Wales estimated that 3.5% said they were currently not an adult they could trust in their lives, this is More likely for boys (4.8 %) than girls (2.2 %).
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About 3.1% (about one in 32) said they thought it was likely or very likely to be attacked by someone with a weapon, to happen to them in their daily routine, while 7.5% (about one in 13) are were afraid of being attacked by someone without a weapon.
Almost one in 10 (9.0%) said he was avoiding traveling alone in the previous 12 months as they were concerned about people who carry weapons while 5.8% said they were doing it because they were concerned about bands S
Almost half of the respondents (48.3%) said they had seen or heard of a violent incident, involving people who knew about such an age, while just over a quarter (26.2%) said they were They have seen online content showing violence between young people or drug trafficking in the previous 12 months.
Just below the fifth (17.5%) of the boys said they thought they were likely or very likely to see people who think they were involved in gangs in their daily lives while the figure was just over one in 10 (11, 11, 6%) for girls.
The boys are also more likely to say that they do not currently have an adult they can trust in their lives, by 4.8% compared to 2.2% for girls.