POLICE in England and Wales have recorded almost 100 serious or fatal knife attacks since the start of the Government's National Knife Amnesty, a Press Association survey has revealed.

At the end of the five-week amnesty the poll has revealed that there were a total of 91 serious knife attacks in England and Wales from May 24 to June 30. This figure includes 19 fatal stabbings.

In Scotland there were 19 stabbings, four of which were fatal.

The list includes a Huddersfield case.

On June 3, Shaun Leonard Forde, 35, was stabbed to death at his home in Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.

The findings will fuel fears that knife culture in Britain is out of control despite police efforts to crackdown on the blade-carrying craze.

Shadow Police Minister Nick Herbert said: "This is a shocking indictment of how violent crime is spiralling out of control on our streets.

"This is exactly why we have proposed tougher sentences for knife crime which the Government has opposed."

Dee Edwards, co-founder of Mothers Against Murder And Aggression, said that while she welcomed the amnesty she did not think enough had been done to promote the fact that it was going on.

She said: "The fact that there were 130 knife attacks in one month just appals me and it proves that we are not doing enough.

"Ten years ago you would expect that number in a year.

"The idea of an amnesty is good but on their own they do not work. They need to be backed up by education in schools on the dangers of carrying knives and proper sentencing.

"Knife crime is always going to be harder to police than gun crime because we all have weapons in our homes.

"Everyone knows that hardened criminals are not going to hand in their weapons but at least over the past month some very nasty weapons have been taken off the streets."

The 51 police forces across England, Wales and Scotland were questioned for the survey. They were asked to provide details of the knife attacks they had publicised in their force areas during the amnesty.

It is not a definitive list of all knife crime, but an approximation of the number of serious knife incidents recorded by police forces.

Norman Brennan, founder of the Knives Destroys Lives campaign, said: "These figures are totally staggering. Knife crime is totally out of control."