Knives: Greater London
(asked on 7th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife-related crimes were recorded in (a) London, (b) Tower Hamlets and (c) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in the last five years.
Data for selected offences involving the use of a knife or sharp instrument are
collected by the Home Office at police force area level only, so data are not
available for Tower Hamlets or Bethnal Green and Bow constituency. Data for
these selected offences are in the given table for the Metropolitan Police and
City of London Police force areas for 2008/09 to 2012/13.
The offences covered are attempted murder, assault with injury, assault with
intent to cause serious harm, robbery, threats to kill, sexual assault, rape
and homicide. Figures for 2013/14 will be published by the Office for National
Statistics on 17 July 2014.
| Knife and sharp instrument offences recorded by the Metropolitan and City of London police for selected offences in London1, 2008/09 to 2012/13 | |
| Numbers | |
| Year | Total selected offences 2 |
| 2008/09 | 12,335 |
| 2009/10 | 12,620 |
| 2010/11 | 13,356 |
| 2011/12 | 14,184 |
| 2012/13 | 11,384 |
| 1. Police recorded knife and sharp instrument offences data are submitted via an additional special collection. Other offences exist that are not shown in this table that may include the use of a knife or sharp instrument. | |
| 2. Selected offences covered are attempted murder, assault with injury, assault with intent to cause serious harm, robbery, threats to kill, sexual assault and rape and homicide. Homicide data is taken from the Home Office Homicide Index. | |