South Yorkshire Police seizes 37 knives as part of a national anti-knife campaign
83 arrests have also been made
South Yorkshire Police joined a national campaign aimed at tackling knife crime and serious violence.
Seven days of action took place earlier this month during Operation Sceptre in a bid to tackle this type of crime.
South Yorkshire Police's results:
83 arrests have been made and 37 knives have been seized as part of Operation Sceptre in South Yorkshire.
Police forces across the country took part in the week of action earlier this month - with 22 weapon sweeps also taking place across the county.
Superintendent Ian Proffitt, who led on the week of action said:
“Operation Sceptre is a nationwide week of action which aims to disrupt criminal activity and knife crime, but also raises awareness of the issues and the police activity to tackle it.
“By working together across the week our officers and staff have arrested 83 people, of which 27 were directly linked to knife crimes. We have conducted 22 weapon sweeps, and seized nearly 40 knives.
“We carried out 41 test purchase operations, where we test whether retailers sell knives to under 18 year olds. I am pleased to say the majority of them passed, of those that failed, they have received warnings or the premises have put in measures to make sure this doesn’t happen again. We will be testing them again in the future.”