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Non-air firearms (all firearms that are not air weapons, e.g. handguns, shotguns, rifles) accounted for 69% of all firearm offences recorded during the year ending 31 March 2021. Air firearms (e.g. air rifles) accounted for the remainder of offences (31%). There there were a total of 5,709non-air firearmoffences recorded by police in England & Wale...
The most recent data suggests that there were 35 homicides committed by shootingin the year ending 31 March 2021 – 6% of all homicides. Of these 35 victims, 11% were female and 89% were male.
In the year ending 31 March 2021, Criminal damage and Violence Against Person (VATP) offence categories respectively accounted for 31% and 29% of air and non-air firearms offences combined. Possession of weapons represented 15% of offences and Robbery12%. Source: ONS, Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2021, Offences involving the use of...
Since 2010/11, handguns have remained the most commonly used non-air firearm, with such offences accounting for 37% of non-air firearm offencesin 2020/21. This was a 7 percentage point decrease from 44% in 2010/11. Rifles have remained the least common non-air firearms type, accounting for around 1% of all offences over the period. Source: ONS, Cri...
In 2020/21, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) recorded the largest number of non-air firearm offences – accounting for 22% of all non-air firearm offences in England & Wales. Compared to 2019/20, the number of non-air weapon offences recorded by the MPS decreased by 27%, from 1,765 to 1,281. In the year ending 31 March 2021, West Midlands Polic...
In reporting the number of firearm offences, it is not always possible to ascertain whether a real firearm was actually used. Unless a weapon is fired or recovered by the police following a criminal offence, in many cases there is no way of knowing conclusively whether the firearm was real or an imitation, or whether it was loaded or unloaded at th...
- Grahame Allen, Lukas Audickas
- 2018
Jul 4, 2024 · Overall, there were 602 homicides in England and Wales in 2021/22, with 244 of these involving a knife or other sharp instrument. Read more. Number of homicide offences where a firearm was...
Homicide rate from firearms, measured as the number of deaths per 100,000 people.
Jul 11, 2024 · In the year ending 31 March 2024, there were 17,589 police firearms operations in England and Wales, a decrease of 811 (-4%) compared with the year ending 31 March 2023 (18,400).
Feb 3, 2022 · In the year ending March 2021, there were 18,262 police firearms operations in England and Wales, a 6% decrease of 1,131 from the previous year. Of the 18,262 incidents, 92% (16,713) involved an...
Nov 16, 2023 · Data tables relating to offences involving weapons as recorded by police and hospital episode statistics.
