Knife Amnesty Bins exist all over the SCAS area. They’ve been set up by police as a safe place for people to dispose of knives.
In one week alone last year, Hampshire Police reported over 550 knives were surrendered.
Carrying a knife is a criminal offence, even if you don’t use it. So get rid of it safely.
The statistics are clear that carrying a knife is more likely to make you a victim of a knife wound yourself, rather than provide any level of protection.
There are also common myths that ‘everyone’ carries a knife – which just isn’t true. The reality is that 99% of people don’t! There is just so much content on social media and the news which implies you need one – you don’t.
Watch this short video to learn more about Knife Surrender Bins:
Here is a current list of places you can find a knife amnesty bin but check your local police sites for up-to-date information in the future.
Hampshire: (18)
- Aldershot Police Station
- Andover Police Station
- Basingstoke Police Investigation Centre
- Fareham Police Station
- Gosport Police Station
- Havant Police Station
- Lymington Police Station
- Newport Police Station
- Park Gate Police Station, Southampton
- Portsmouth, Eastern Hampshire Police Investigation Centre
- Portsmouth Central Police Station
- Portswood Police Station
- Southampton Central Police Station
- Shirley Precinct, besides Shirley Library in Shirley District Centre (Provided in partnership with Southampton City Council through the Violence Reduction Unit)
- Sussex Road, Southampton (Provided in partnership with Southampton City Council through the Violence Reduction Unit)
- Thornhill, Southampton on Warburton Road (Provided in partnership with Southampton City Council through the Violence Reduction Unit)
- Waterlooville Police Station
- Winchester Police Station, Tower Street
Buckinghamshire (11)
- Aylesbury police station
- High Wycombe police station
- Milton Keynes police station, Witan Gate
- Aylesbury: Southcourt Baptist Church, Penn Road, Cambridge Street Underpass next to Britannia Street and Anchor Lane, Rochester Place (garages),
- Milton Keynes; Westcroft Centre, Wimborne Crescent, Frank Moran Centre (West Bletchley), Melrose Avenue (West Bletchley
Oxfordshire (3)
- Abingdon police station
- Banbury police station
- St Aldates police station, Oxford
Berkshire (18)
- Loddon Valley police station
- Maidenhead police station
- Newbury police station
- Reading police station
- Slough police station
- Maidenhead – The Boy in the Boat statue
- Reading – Waitrose Car Park in Caversham, Cintra Park, Coley Park Community Centre, Kensington Park, Orts Road, Tilehurst Triangle, Chain Street,
- Slough; Arbour Park, Wexham Park Hospital, Langley Library,
- Windsor; Tesco in Dedworth Road, Vansittart Skatepark.
A picture of a knife surrender bin and the locations of these within the SCAS area.