In the last month, four young people have been stabbed, one person has been shot and two firearms have been discharged. 

Lorraine Dudek, the mother of a 14-year old schoolboy who was stabbed to death outside Croydon railway station has called for tougher laws on knife crime. She says ‘there’s a horrendous mentality amongst young people in Croydon, with a lack of regard for life.’