A police campaign in Coventry has succeeded in halving the number of teenagers charged with knife offences.

Read: Police knife crackdown is a success.

40 people charged instead of 62 is a two-thirds reduction, not a halving of numbers charged with carrying knives. There is no point in distorting headlines to make a false claim! (Dr) Lynn Bindman

I realised after I posted the comment that the time periods may not have been equal; if so why not have the figures for comparable months of the year? (dr) Lynn Bindman