yeh but thats not happening everyday is it, the themes in kidulthood are all there but they make it seem so much more regular than it actually is. In my whole life ive only had one person who i know personally get stabbed, one person kill herself. Guns are becoming more regular I've had some handgun pulled on me before but ive never seen one being used only really heard about it. And this is in 6 years of going out in pretty rough areas of west london (ladbroke grove - where film was set, maida vale, kensal rise, clapham etc.)
Kidulthoods just like a rougher version of eastenders - this problems do exist but they make it much more frequent for the film.