Knife and offensive weapon sentencing statistics: January to March 2019
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
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This bulletin presents key statistics describing the trends in the number of knife or offensive weapon offences receiving cautions and convictions in England and Wales. This bulletin does not cover all knife or offensive weapon crimes (offences involving a knife or offensive weapon) as published by the Office for National Statistics.
The information presented combines all three types of knife or offensive weapon offences; possession of an article with a blade or point in a public place or on school premises; possession of an offensive weapon without lawful authority or reasonable excuse in a public place or on school premises and offences of aggravated possession of a knife or offensive weapon.
Three extra documents accompany this bulletin:
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An interactive table tool showing the criminal history of knife or offensive weapon offenders, giving breakdowns by prosecuting police force, gender and ethnic appearance as well as previous offences, disposal, age group and year.
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An interactive Sankey diagram (a type of flow diagram, in which the width of the arrows is shown proportionally to the number each represents) presenting information on outcomes and criminal history of offenders sentenced or cautioned for a knife or offensive weapon offence.
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A complete set of tables.
The bulletin was produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. For the bulletin pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Ministry of Justice:
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Prisons and Probation; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Permanent Secretary; Minister and Permanent Secretary Private Secretaries (8); Special Advisors (2); Deputy Director for Bail, Sentencing and Release Policy; Head of Custodial Sentencing Policy Unit; Head of Bail, Sentencing and Release Policy; Senior Policy Advisor, Custodial Sentencing Policy Unit; Head of Courts & Sentencing, Youth Justice Policy; Policy Advisor, Youth Sentencing; Acting Head of News and relevant press officers (3).
Youth Justice Board:
Senior Data Analyst, YJB Information and Analysis.
Home Office:
Home Secretary; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability; Minister Private Secretaries (2); Special Advisors; Head of Serious Violence Unit; Head of Weapons Team, Serious Violence Unit; Policy Advisor, Serious Violence Unit; Head of Violent Crime Statistics; and relevant press officers (2).
Cabinet Office:
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister; Senior Policy Advisor, Justice and Devolution; Desk Officer, Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit.