List of mass stabbings in the United Kingdom
Updated: 11/5/2025, 7:58:29 PM Wikipedia source
This is an incomplete list of mass stabbings in the United Kingdom.
Tables
· 2020s
1 November 2025
1 November 2025
Date
1 November 2025
Location
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England
Dead
0
Injured
11
Total
11
Description
mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- }Main article: 2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing Eleven passengers on a London-bound LNER train from Doncaster were taken to hospital after being attacked before they arrived at Huntingdon.
28 July 2025
28 July 2025
Date
28 July 2025
Location
Bermondsey, London, England
Dead
2
Injured
2
Total
4
Description
Two men were killed and another two were injured following a stabbing at a business; one of the injured was subsequently arrested.
17 May 2025
17 May 2025
Date
17 May 2025
Location
Thamesmead, London, England
Dead
0
Injured
5
Total
5
Description
Five men were stabbed during a fight at a music event; all of them were subsequently arrested.
23 January 2025
23 January 2025
Date
23 January 2025
Location
Beddington, London, England
Dead
0
Injured
5
Total
5
Description
Five people were injured after being stabbed at a warehouse.
29 July 2024
29 July 2024
Date
29 July 2024
Location
Southport, Merseyside, England
Dead
3
Injured
10
Total
13
Description
Main article: 2024 Southport stabbing Three children were killed and 10 people, eight of whom were children, injured after a man attacked a children's Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event.
30 April 2024
30 April 2024
Date
30 April 2024
Location
Hainault, London, England
Dead
1
Injured
4
Total
5
Description
Main article: 2024 Hainault sword attack A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people injured after a man crashed his vehicle into a house before walking around stabbing people.
30 April 2023
30 April 2023
Date
30 April 2023
Location
Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Dead
1
Injured
7
Total
8
Description
Main article: 2023 Bodmin mass stabbing One man was killed and seven other people injured after an altercation outside a nightclub in Bodmin.
13 February 2023
13 February 2023
Date
13 February 2023
Location
Walthamstow, London, England
Dead
0
Injured
4
Total
4
Description
Four men were injured, one critically, after a machete attack at a pub.
5 November 2022
5 November 2022
Date
5 November 2022
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Dead
0
Injured
4
Total
4
Description
Four men were stabbed outside a nightclub in Portsmouth.
25 April 2022
25 April 2022
Date
25 April 2022
Location
Bermondsey, London, England
Dead
4
Injured
0
Total
4
Description
Main article: 2022 Bermondsey stabbing Four people were killed in a three-bedroomed terraced house.
18 September 2021
18 September 2021
Date
18 September 2021
Location
Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England
Dead
4
Injured
0
Total
4
Description
Main article: Killamarsh murders A man killed his pregnant partner, her two children and one of their friends by striking them over their heads with a claw hammer at his home in Killamarsh.
6 September 2020
6 September 2020
Date
6 September 2020
Location
Birmingham, England
Dead
1
Injured
7
Total
8
Description
A man with schizophrenia killed a man and injured seven others during a series of seemingly random knife attacks.
26 July 2020
26 July 2020
Date
26 July 2020
Location
Moss Side, Manchester, England
Dead
1
Injured
3
Total
4
Description
Main article: 2020 Manchester stabbing Four people were stabbed, one fatally, in an incident which occurred as a result of a gangland feud. The attackers were armed with a knife, machete and imitation handgun.
26 June 2020
26 June 2020
Date
26 June 2020
Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Dead
0
Injured
6
Total
6
Description
Main article: Glasgow hotel stabbings Six people, including a police officer, were seriously injured when a man stabbed them at the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow's city centre.
20 June 2020
20 June 2020
Date
20 June 2020
Location
Reading, Berkshire, England
Dead
3
Injured
3
Total
6
Description
Main article: 2020 Reading stabbings A man armed with a kitchen knife attacked six people in Forbury Gardens, killing three and seriously injuring three others.
| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
| 1 November 2025 | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England | 0 | 11 | 11 | Main article: 2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing Eleven passengers on a London-bound LNER train from Doncaster were taken to hospital after being attacked before they arrived at Huntingdon. |
| 28 July 2025 | Bermondsey, London, England | 2 | 2 | 4 | Two men were killed and another two were injured following a stabbing at a business; one of the injured was subsequently arrested. |
| 17 May 2025 | Thamesmead, London, England | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five men were stabbed during a fight at a music event; all of them were subsequently arrested. |
| 23 January 2025 | Beddington, London, England | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five people were injured after being stabbed at a warehouse. |
| 29 July 2024 | Southport, Merseyside, England | 3 | 10 | 13 | Main article: 2024 Southport stabbing Three children were killed and 10 people, eight of whom were children, injured after a man attacked a children's Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event. |
| 30 April 2024 | Hainault, London, England | 1 | 4 | 5 | Main article: 2024 Hainault sword attack A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people injured after a man crashed his vehicle into a house before walking around stabbing people. |
| 30 April 2023 | Bodmin, Cornwall, England | 1 | 7 | 8 | Main article: 2023 Bodmin mass stabbing One man was killed and seven other people injured after an altercation outside a nightclub in Bodmin. |
| 13 February 2023 | Walthamstow, London, England | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four men were injured, one critically, after a machete attack at a pub. |
| 5 November 2022 | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four men were stabbed outside a nightclub in Portsmouth. |
| 25 April 2022 | Bermondsey, London, England | 4 | 0 | 4 | Main article: 2022 Bermondsey stabbing Four people were killed in a three-bedroomed terraced house. |
| 18 September 2021 | Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England | 4 | 0 | 4 | Main article: Killamarsh murders A man killed his pregnant partner, her two children and one of their friends by striking them over their heads with a claw hammer at his home in Killamarsh. |
| 6 September 2020 | Birmingham, England | 1 | 7 | 8 | A man with schizophrenia killed a man and injured seven others during a series of seemingly random knife attacks. |
| 26 July 2020 | Moss Side, Manchester, England | 1 | 3 | 4 | Main article: 2020 Manchester stabbing Four people were stabbed, one fatally, in an incident which occurred as a result of a gangland feud. The attackers were armed with a knife, machete and imitation handgun. |
| 26 June 2020 | Glasgow, Scotland | 0 | 6 | 6 | Main article: Glasgow hotel stabbings Six people, including a police officer, were seriously injured when a man stabbed them at the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow's city centre. |
| 20 June 2020 | Reading, Berkshire, England | 3 | 3 | 6 | Main article: 2020 Reading stabbings A man armed with a kitchen knife attacked six people in Forbury Gardens, killing three and seriously injuring three others. |
· 2010s
29 November 2019
29 November 2019
Date
29 November 2019
Location
City of London, London, England
Dead
2
Injured
3
Total
5
Description
Main article: 2019 London Bridge stabbing
A man armed with two kitchen knives stabbed multiple people inside Fishmongers' Hall and on the north side of London Bridge.
11 October 2019
11 October 2019
Date
11 October 2019
Location
Manchester, England
Dead
0
Injured
5
Total
5
Description
Five people were injured, one seriously, after a man started attacking people at the Arndale Centre in Manchester.
31 December 2018
31 December 2018
Date
31 December 2018
Location
Manchester, England
Dead
0
Injured
3
Total
3
Description
Main article: Manchester Victoria stabbing attack
Three people, including a British Transport Police officer, were seriously injured after a man attacked them at Manchester Victoria station.
27 November 2018
27 November 2018
Date
27 November 2018
Location
Edmonton, London, England
Dead
0
Injured
4
Total
4
Description
Four men were found with stab wounds following a fight apparently related to a shooting which happened the day before.
3 June 2017
3 June 2017
Date
3 June 2017
Location
Southwark, London, England
Dead
6
Injured
48
Total
54
Description
Main article: 2017 London Bridge attack
Three attackers armed with ceramic knives killed six people and injured 48, 21 critically, in the Borough Market area in central London.
4 March 2017
4 March 2017
Date
4 March 2017
Location
Bristol, England
Dead
0
Injured
4
Total
4
Description
Four people were stabbed during a large fight outside a popular nightclub in Bristol.
3 August 2016
3 August 2016
Date
3 August 2016
Location
Bloomsbury, London, England
Dead
1
Injured
5
Total
6
Description
Main article: 2016 Russell Square stabbing
A man killed one person and injured five others, one seriously, in a stabbing attack in Russell Square.
5 December 2015
5 December 2015
Date
5 December 2015
Location
Leytonstone, London, England
Dead
0
Injured
3
Total
3
Description
Main article: Leytonstone tube station attack
A man armed with a bread knife injured three people at Leytonstone tube station, one of them seriously.
14 August 2011
14 August 2011
Date
14 August 2011
Location
St Helier, Jersey
Dead
6
Injured
1 (the perpetrator)
Total
7
Description
Main article: Rzeszowski family homicides
A man armed with two kitchen knives killed six people, including four members of his family, before repeatedly stabbing himself in the chest.
29 April 2011
29 April 2011
Date
29 April 2011
Location
Wootton, Northamptonshire, England
Dead
4
Injured
0
Total
4
Description
Main article: 2011 murder of the Ding family
Four people, all members of the same family, were found stabbed to death at their home on 1 May 2011.
| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
| 29 November 2019 | City of London, London, England | 2 | 3 | 5 | Main article: 2019 London Bridge stabbing A man armed with two kitchen knives stabbed multiple people inside Fishmongers' Hall and on the north side of London Bridge. |
| 11 October 2019 | Manchester, England | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five people were injured, one seriously, after a man started attacking people at the Arndale Centre in Manchester. |
| 31 December 2018 | Manchester, England | 0 | 3 | 3 | Main article: Manchester Victoria stabbing attack Three people, including a British Transport Police officer, were seriously injured after a man attacked them at Manchester Victoria station. |
| 27 November 2018 | Edmonton, London, England | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four men were found with stab wounds following a fight apparently related to a shooting which happened the day before. |
| 3 June 2017 | Southwark, London, England | 6 | 48 | 54 | Main article: 2017 London Bridge attack Three attackers armed with ceramic knives killed six people and injured 48, 21 critically, in the Borough Market area in central London. |
| 4 March 2017 | Bristol, England | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were stabbed during a large fight outside a popular nightclub in Bristol. |
| 3 August 2016 | Bloomsbury, London, England | 1 | 5 | 6 | Main article: 2016 Russell Square stabbing A man killed one person and injured five others, one seriously, in a stabbing attack in Russell Square. |
| 5 December 2015 | Leytonstone, London, England | 0 | 3 | 3 | Main article: Leytonstone tube station attack A man armed with a bread knife injured three people at Leytonstone tube station, one of them seriously. |
| 14 August 2011 | St Helier, Jersey | 6 | 1 (the perpetrator) | 7 | Main article: Rzeszowski family homicides A man armed with two kitchen knives killed six people, including four members of his family, before repeatedly stabbing himself in the chest. |
| 29 April 2011 | Wootton, Northamptonshire, England | 4 | 0 | 4 | Main article: 2011 murder of the Ding family Four people, all members of the same family, were found stabbed to death at their home on 1 May 2011. |
· 2000s
23 December 2004
23 December 2004
Date
23 December 2004
Location
London, Greater London, England
Dead
1
Injured
5
Total
6
Description
A man killed one person and critically injured five others after "rampaging" through the Green Lanes area of London.
14 January 2003
14 January 2003
Date
14 January 2003
Location
Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, England
Dead
1
Injured
4
Total
5
Description
Main article: Murder of Stephen Oake Five police officers were stabbed, one fatally, in a flat during an immigration operation by terrorist Kamel Bourgass who had participated in the Wood Green ricin plot.
| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
| 23 December 2004 | London, Greater London, England | 1 | 5 | 6 | A man killed one person and critically injured five others after "rampaging" through the Green Lanes area of London. |
| 14 January 2003 | Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, England | 1 | 4 | 5 | Main article: Murder of Stephen Oake Five police officers were stabbed, one fatally, in a flat during an immigration operation by terrorist Kamel Bourgass who had participated in the Wood Green ricin plot. |
· 1990s
28 November 1999
28 November 1999
Date
28 November 1999
Location
London, England
Dead
0
Injured
11
Total
11
Description
A schizophrenic man attacked a church with a samurai sword, slashing 11 before being subdued by 7 people.
28 December 1995
28 December 1995
Date
28 December 1995
Location
Small Heath, Birmingham, England
Dead
1
Injured
9
Total
10
Description
A man with two knives stabbed ten people in a Netto supermarket, killing one.
8 December 1994
8 December 1994
Date
8 December 1994
Location
Birmingham, England
Dead
0
Injured
15
Total
15
Description
Main article: Rackhams' stabbing incident
A man injured 15 women, three seriously, with a butcher knife and a bread knife in a Rackhams department store.
28 March 1994
28 March 1994
Date
28 March 1994
Location
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
Dead
1
Injured
2
Total
3
Description
One girl was killed and two others injured when a masked man armed with a shotgun and knives burst into their classroom at Hall Garth School and stabbed them.
| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
| 28 November 1999 | London, England | 0 | 11 | 11 | A schizophrenic man attacked a church with a samurai sword, slashing 11 before being subdued by 7 people. |
| 28 December 1995 | Small Heath, Birmingham, England | 1 | 9 | 10 | A man with two knives stabbed ten people in a Netto supermarket, killing one. |
| 8 December 1994 | Birmingham, England | 0 | 15 | 15 | Main article: Rackhams' stabbing incident A man injured 15 women, three seriously, with a butcher knife and a bread knife in a Rackhams department store. |
| 28 March 1994 | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England | 1 | 2 | 3 | One girl was killed and two others injured when a masked man armed with a shotgun and knives burst into their classroom at Hall Garth School and stabbed them. |
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