Knife crime in Bournemouth
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/2000
Version Date: 15/08/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
We searched Niche for all occurrences of violence against the person with a knife crime flag attached and a keyword of ‘stab’ in the OEL text.
We then filtered out any occurrences of assault without injury and completed a manual review of the data.
Included are all occurrences where a knife / sharp instrument has broken the skin of the victim. The victim injury details are included to indicate the level of injury.
The search is within the date range requested and completed on Bournemouth only.
Please could you tell me this information in relation to stabbings that have occurred in Bournemouth:
- the amount of incidents recorded in the last 4 years (2020,2021,2022,2023)
|
Year |
No. of occurences |
|
2020 |
48 |
|
2021 |
58 |
|
2022 |
42 |
|
2023 |
26 |
- average ages of victims and perpetrators
|
Suspect Age |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
0 – 19 |
12 |
15 |
8 |
12 |
|
20 – 29 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
4 |
|
30 – 39 |
5 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
|
40 – 49 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
50 – 59 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
60 – 69 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
70 – 79 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Not stated |
9 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
|
Total |
48 |
58 |
42 |
26 |
|
Victim Age |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
0 – 19 |
9 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
|
20 – 29 |
12 |
6 |
15 |
4 |
|
30 – 39 |
12 |
15 |
13 |
6 |
|
40 – 49 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
|
50 – 59 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
|
60 – 69 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
70 – 79 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
80 – 89 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not stated |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
48 |
58 |
42 |
26 |
- what the outcomes were (how many victims were hospitalised, how many incidents ended in death, how many perpetrators were charged)
|
Victim Injury |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Fatal |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Serious |
31 |
33 |
27 |
16 |
|
Slight |
15 |
23 |
14 |
9 |
|
Not stated |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
48 |
58 |
42 |
26 |
|
Outcome |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Charged |
12 |
14 |
9 |
8 |
|
Summonsed/postal requisition |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
14 |
12 |
11 |
2 |
|
CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
6 |
13 |
14 |
5 |
|
Investigation complete – No suspect identified |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
Alternate offence charged |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Under Investigation |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
Total |
48 |
58 |
42 |
26 |
- the genders of the perpetrators
|
Suspect gender |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Female |
11 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
|
Male |
28 |
39 |
32 |
21 |
|
Not stated |
9 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
|
Total |
48 |
58 |
42 |
26 |
- the nationalities of the perpetrators
|
Suspect Nationality |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Afghanistan |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
Albania |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Denmark |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Czech Republic |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Iran |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Ireland |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Italy |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Jamaica |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Latvia |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Lithuania |
|
2 |
|
|
|
Poland |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Portugal |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Somalia |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Sudan |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
|
|
|
1 |
|
UK; Morocco |
|
1 |
|
|
|
UK; Somalia |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Not stated |
9 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
|
UK* |
34 |
37 |
27 |
19 |
|
Total |
48 |
58 |
42 |
26 |
*inc England, Wales, Scotland, Northen Ireland and UK