Knife crime
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/23/1112
Version Date: 17/10/2023
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
We have pulled from Niche all crime occurrences with a knife crime flag attached to them along with the main crime group/sc desc for type of crime and section name for police section.
Non Crimes have been excluded
Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act for the past five calendar years from 2018 to the present.
For each year please provide the total number of knife crime incidents, split by offence and neighbourhood policing unit.
|
Crime Group |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Burglary Other |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Criminal Damage |
19 |
55 |
130 |
59 |
17 |
10 |
|
Drug Offences |
10 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
11 |
7 |
|
Dwelling Burglary |
6 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
4 |
|
Other Offences |
9 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
Possession of Weapons |
203 |
254 |
185 |
151 |
151 |
141 |
|
Public Order |
62 |
114 |
72 |
83 |
66 |
63 |
|
Robbery |
60 |
61 |
118 |
87 |
48 |
49 |
|
Sexual Offences |
1 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
3 |
7 |
|
Theft |
12 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
|
Theft From Motor Vehicle |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Theft of Motor Vehicle |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Violence Against the Person |
154 |
391 |
362 |
357 |
244 |
160 |
|
Total |
537 |
936 |
926 |
798 |
561 |
451 |
|
Section Name |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Bournemouth Central |
84 |
121 |
124 |
114 |
93 |
63 |
|
Bournemouth East |
93 |
147 |
152 |
138 |
81 |
40 |
|
Bournemouth North |
66 |
157 |
157 |
163 |
100 |
77 |
|
Bridport |
9 |
21 |
23 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
|
Christchurch |
24 |
36 |
45 |
25 |
25 |
19 |
|
Dorchester |
27 |
38 |
31 |
27 |
26 |
17 |
|
East Dorset |
26 |
38 |
31 |
41 |
27 |
25 |
|
North Dorset |
24 |
46 |
47 |
26 |
18 |
26 |
|
Poole North |
35 |
66 |
80 |
69 |
45 |
39 |
|
Poole South |
43 |
102 |
97 |
88 |
58 |
48 |
|
Purbeck |
26 |
39 |
32 |
19 |
14 |
14 |
|
Weymouth and Portland |
80 |
120 |
99 |
64 |
54 |
55 |
|
Not recorded |
0 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
14 |
|
Total |
537 |
936 |
926 |
798 |
561 |
451 |
If available, please also provide the victim and suspect demographics, including, but not limited to, age, gender, ethnicity and relationship between victim and suspect.
Please Note:
- Not all offences have a victim (i.e. possession of weapons)
- A victim or a suspect may not be identified
- There can be more than one suspect per offence
|
Victim Gender |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Female |
79 |
232 |
246 |
217 |
97 |
82 |
|
Male |
248 |
438 |
485 |
410 |
323 |
248 |
|
Total |
327 |
670 |
731 |
627 |
420 |
330 |
|
Victim Age |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
0 – 19 |
78 |
146 |
127 |
150 |
95 |
116 |
|
20 – 29 |
68 |
148 |
159 |
142 |
72 |
60 |
|
30 – 39 |
69 |
140 |
161 |
118 |
82 |
55 |
|
40 – 49 |
49 |
118 |
125 |
98 |
88 |
46 |
|
50 – 59 |
41 |
68 |
88 |
62 |
53 |
29 |
|
60 – 69 |
8 |
19 |
43 |
24 |
14 |
7 |
|
70 – 79 |
5 |
5 |
14 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
|
80+ |
0 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
|
Not recorded |
9 |
22 |
9 |
14 |
12 |
6 |
|
Total |
327 |
670 |
731 |
627 |
420 |
330 |
|
Victim Ethnicity |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Arabic or North African |
7 |
4 |
12 |
11 |
13 |
4 |
|
Asian |
4 |
15 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
|
Black |
10 |
12 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
|
Chinese, Japanese, SE Asian |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
White - North European |
229 |
473 |
526 |
472 |
274 |
192 |
|
White - South European |
9 |
9 |
13 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
|
Not recorded / Unknown |
66 |
157 |
152 |
105 |
107 |
114 |
|
Total |
327 |
670 |
731 |
627 |
420 |
330 |
|
Suspect Gender |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Female |
75 |
91 |
119 |
90 |
55 |
33 |
|
Male |
390 |
687 |
611 |
559 |
414 |
310 |
|
Total |
465 |
778 |
730 |
649 |
469 |
343 |
|
Suspect Age |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
0 – 19 |
141 |
242 |
214 |
256 |
160 |
118 |
|
20 – 29 |
141 |
227 |
181 |
130 |
110 |
92 |
|
30 – 39 |
95 |
142 |
145 |
111 |
89 |
52 |
|
40 – 49 |
53 |
95 |
99 |
73 |
65 |
32 |
|
50 – 59 |
27 |
54 |
74 |
47 |
49 |
33 |
|
60 – 69 |
6 |
14 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
14 |
|
70 – 79 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
|
80+ |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Not recorded |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
465 |
778 |
730 |
649 |
469 |
343 |
|
Suspect Ethnicity |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Arabic or North African |
6 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
|
Asian |
7 |
11 |
13 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
|
Black |
38 |
78 |
63 |
40 |
47 |
26 |
|
Chinese, Japanese, SE Asian |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
White - North European |
363 |
616 |
563 |
507 |
370 |
268 |
|
White - South European |
8 |
11 |
17 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
|
Not recorded / Unknown |
42 |
54 |
71 |
76 |
22 |
35 |
|
Total |
465 |
778 |
730 |
649 |
469 |
343 |
The table below shows relationships for offences where both a victim and a suspect are identified
|
Relationship |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Care/health/NHS worker |
3 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
|
Commercial relationship |
4 |
13 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
4 |
|
Complete stranger |
46 |
77 |
104 |
60 |
30 |
20 |
|
Educational relationship |
6 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
Ex spouse/cohabitee/partner |
7 |
42 |
46 |
48 |
19 |
17 |
|
Family |
17 |
44 |
46 |
51 |
27 |
10 |
|
Friend/acquaintance/colleague |
46 |
81 |
58 |
61 |
55 |
26 |
|
Guardian |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Neighbour direct/indirect |
19 |
24 |
23 |
25 |
17 |
18 |
|
Night time economy worker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
No known relationship |
38 |
64 |
51 |
44 |
44 |
45 |
|
Other law enforcement agency |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other relationship (misc) |
14 |
33 |
44 |
59 |
25 |
19 |
|
Policing duties |
3 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
|
Sex worker/client |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Spouse/cohabitee/partner |
9 |
38 |
36 |
19 |
21 |
13 |
|
Victim refuses to identify |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Victimless/crime against state |
3 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
Total |
218 |
440 |
434 |
401 |
269 |
182 |