11157-Knife crime
I write in connection with your request for information received in this office on 2nd August. I note you seek the following:
The number of reports of the “offence of having article with blade or point on school premises” where the suspect was under 18.
Please provide figures for the 2018/19 academic year (1 September to 31 July), broken down by age of suspect and local authority area.
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we have been able to retrieve.
Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.
The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.