Knife crime in England and Wales
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House of Commons Library briefing paper number SN4304.
By Grahame Allen, Lukas Audickas, Philip Loft, Alexander Bellis
Summary
Recorded crime
In the year ending March 2019, there were around 47,000 (selected) offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales. Recent trends in offences have been affected by undercounting in the Greater Manchester Police Force area prior to 2018/19. Excluding or including figures from Greater Manchester, this is the highest number of offences since the year ending March 2011, the earliest point at which comparable data are available.1 This is directly related with improvements in recording practices.2
Homicide
In the year ending March 2018 there were 285 homicides (currently recorded) using a sharp instrument, including knives and broken bottles, accounting for 39% of all homicides – a rise from the 212 recorded in the year ending March 2017.3
Knife crime by police force area
London recorded the highest rate of 169 offences involving...
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