Machete offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/4213
Version Date: 02/02/2026
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
We have searched Niche for all occurrences with keywords of ‘machete’or ‘machette’ in the occurrence summary.
1. For the months of November and December 2025 how many crimes were logged by your force where a machete was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the words "machete" or variants of the spelling to include "machette" and "machetes".
4 offences
2. Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are `linked’ to machete/s by its mention in the MO.
|
Offence |
Total |
|
Section 18 - wounding with intent |
1 |
|
Possession of an offensive weapon in a private place |
1 |
|
Possess an offensive weapon in a public place |
1 |
|
Share/threaten to share photograph or film of person in an intimate state without consent |
1 |
|
Total |
4 |
3.Taking the month of December 2025 please provide me with copies of the first 5 MOs that mention machetes. [Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for names, ages, geography or any other personal detail to be redacted].
There were no offences in December