Knife Crime
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1840
Version Date: 22/08/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
We searched Niche crime database for occurrences with a knife crime flag attached
Q1: How many knife enabled crimes were there last year? (2023) What was the percentage increase or decrease from the year before? (2022)
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2022 |
2023 |
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No. of occurrences with Knife Crime flag |
565 |
629 |
Q2: How many knife enabled crimes involved an offender under the age 18 last year (2023)? What was the percentage increase or decrease from the year before? (2022)
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2022 |
2023 |
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No. of occurrences with Knife Crime flag and suspect aged under 18 |
124 |
134 |
Q4: How many victims were under the age of 18 last year (2023)? What was the percentage increase or decrease on the year before (2022)?
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2022 |
2023 |
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No. of occurrences with Knife Crime flag and victim aged under 18 |
79 |
108 |
Q3: How many arrests have been made of under 18s for carrying a knife/crime? How many in: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 so far?
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Year |
Arrests of under 18’s for occurrences with a Knife Crime flag |
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2019 |
61 |
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2020 |
59 |
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2021 |
84 |
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2022 |
42 |
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2023 |
52 |
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2024 (to 25th Apr) |
13 |