Absolutely it's worse
I grew up in a nasty council estate in South London, top ranking for almost all indicators of social deprivation. Kids didn't take knives to school. The weaponisation of the yoof is a real difference
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Obviously results will differ by locale.
But I wouldn't say it's any worse these days than it was back when I were a nipper. I remember once in Primary School, a kid showed up one day with a pair of knuckle dusters. Fair enough, that was a one-off but the more aggressive of the school bullies would often take the rubber ballast from traffic cones to school and proceed to use them as a baton to beat fuck out of the weaker children.
Nearby was a school for children with moderate special needs (hearing impaired, mildly retarded, that sort of thing). One of the higher ranking bullies used to set up ambushes at our school gates, so when these poor bastards were walking past on their back from school outings, him and his mates would grab the kids at random and proceed to leather. I have distinct memories of witnessing hearing aids and massively thick lensed glasses being stomped under foot. Bear in mind this was in full view of the teachers accompanying these children who barely had time to react. Fucking animals.
By High School, arseholes of a similar ilk were carrying flick knives on a regular basis. There seemed to be a massive explosion in their popularity around 1995/6 up these parts for some reason. I don't recall anybody ever getting harmed by one. But I suppose that's down to good fortune more than anything else. A kid did get stabbed to death a few years earlier at a nearby High School, though.
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