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A West Midlands Police statement said the boy and his dad were attacked outside their house on Wychwood Crescent, Sheldon just before 10pm last night. The statement added: “We’re investigating and a 14-year-old boy has already been arrested.
“He’s in police custody on suspicion of attempted murder and wounding.
“The dad and son were attacked with a knife and treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to hospital.
“The dad, aged 37, was slashed across the back and is recovering at home.
West Midlands had the second-highest rate of knife crime in the UK last year, according the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
In total, there were 3,437 offences involving a blade in the region, slightly up on the previous year.
The total equated to 118 offences per 100,000 population, second only the London Metropolitan region, were the figure was 168.
At the time, then-West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) David Jamieson said he was concerned by the increase in violent crime.
He said: “The Government seems to be finally acknowledging that its cuts to policing have gone too far, but it still hasn’t pledged to increase police budgets in the long-term.
“These statistics are a wake-up call for the government to ensure that our police forces are adequately funded.”
Mr Jamieson explained that West Midlands Police had lost 2,200 officers in the last ten years, but would only get roughly 50 percent of that back by 2023 in accordance with the Government’s recruitment drive.
He added: “With more resources from the government and more officers we could do much more.”
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