Two months ago, I pointed out that the teen murder rate in this country was running at over one a week.
As Sam Coates points out, we have had an even higher rate of fatal stabbings since then, and it's getting worse.
Back in May, Libby Brooks wrote an article in the Guardian with a premise one can gather from the phrase with which it was flagged on the Graunidid's front page - "stop panicking about knife crime".
Well, Libby, should we be panicking now..? And if not, when?