The office of National Statistics (ONS) produces independent information from all Government Departments, it also publishes data on the number of offences recorded by the police involving a knife or sharp instrument, for selected violent and sexual offence types. Knives or sharp instruments are taken to be involved in an incident if they are used to stab or cut, or as a threat, and thus this dataset covers more than just injury. These data are provided for the last three financial years (April to March) for the police forces areas in question in table 1.
| Table 1: Knife and sharp instrument offences recorded by the police for selected violent and sexual offences (1) , 2009 / 10 to 2011 / 12, for selected police force areas | |||
| Police force area | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
| Bedfordshire | 390 | 394 | 385 |
| Cambridgeshire | 360 | 289 | 237 |
| Essex | 679 | 530 | 338 |
| Hertfordshire | 128 | 143 | 113 |
| Norfolk | 201 | 152 | 94 |
| Suffolk | 178 | 177 | 190 |
| (1) Includes offences of attempted murder, threats to kill, ABH and GBH, robbery, rape and sexual assaults (including indecent assault on a male/female and sexual assault on a male/female). Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office | |||
The number of homicide offences recorded by the police involving a knife or sharp instrument is provided the police force areas in question in table 2. The latest published data on homicides cover the period up to 2010/11. Data for 2011/12 are due to be published by ONS in February 2013.
| Table 2: Homicides recorded by the police involving a knife or sharp instrument, 2009/10-2010/11, for selected police force areas | ||
| Police force area | 2009/10 | 2010/11 |
| Bedfordshire | 2 | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 | 2 |
| Essex | 3 | 6 |
| Hertfordshire | 3 | 6 |
| Norfolk | 4 | 4 |
| Suffolk | 4 | 2 |
| Note: Figures represent the number of homicides recorded by the police as at 13 June 2012; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and the courts, or as further information becomes available. Source: Homicide Index, Home Office | ||
Data for 2011/12 on selected offences involving a knife and sharp instrument (as presented in table 1) have been published by ONS in the data tables accompanying the quarterly crime statistics released in July 2012. This statistical bulletin is available on the ONS website here:
Due to the small number of offences recorded, data on homicides involving a knife and sharp instrument are not routinely published at police force area level.
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