Youth knife crime
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002530/X
Version Date: 19/11/2024
I would like to know how many knife-related offences were carried out by 10-17 year olds as well as how many were charged with the offence separately in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 so far.
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data was downloaded from Niche from 1st January 2022 – 24th October 2024. The main crime group selected was ‘violence against the person’ and a suspect filter applied as well as ‘class is knife crime’ filter.
Once the data had downloaded, filters were used for the age to show between 10 and 17 years old at the time the occurrence was reported. I filtered on the stats class status to show which occurrences were classed as charged.
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The total number of reported knife-related offences between 1st January 2022 and 24th October 2024 whereby, the suspect was aged between 10 and 17 years old at the time the offence was reported |
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Month |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
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January |
2 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
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February |
1 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
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March |
3 |
7 |
1 |
11 |
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April |
9 |
1 |
- |
10 |
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May |
3 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
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June |
4 |
6 |
- |
10 |
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July |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
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August |
3 |
- |
4 |
7 |
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September |
5 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
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October |
- |
3 |
1 |
4 |
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November |
2 |
4 |
- |
6 |
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December |
2 |
2 |
- |
4 |
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Total |
36 |
39 |
21 |
96 |
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Stats Class Status |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
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1: Charged |
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Age 15 |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
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Age 16 |
- |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Age 17 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
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1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
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Age 14 |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
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Age 16 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
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Age 17 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
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Total |
4 |
7 |
4 |
15 |