FOI 327-24 Weapons seized from schools
Enquiry Reference: 327-4
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
Please could I have, for each year, for 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 -
Number of weapons seized from schools
Within this
- Breakdown of type of weapons, including blades / knives, bb guns etc.
- Breakdown of the ages of the children the weapons were seized from, if known.
Please find below the requested information. The table includes those records from 2020-2023 where the HO report group is recorded as ‘Possession of weapons’, where the MO location description is recorded as ‘education: school’ and where the word “seized” appears in the MO comments. This is then broken down by the weapon description (if provided) in the MO Item Weapon Used field.
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Year/Weapon description |
Count |
|
2020 |
11 |
|
Instrument - knife/bladed; |
3 |
|
Manufactured to be a weapon; Unknown; |
1 |
|
Razor/razorblade; Scissors; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
1 |
|
Not stated |
5 |
|
2021 |
16 |
|
Firearms; Other weapons as Weapon; Air weapon/BB gun; |
1 |
|
Instrument - knife/bladed; In bag; |
1 |
|
Kitchen knife; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
2 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Held in hand; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Kitchen knife; |
1 |
|
Not stated |
9 |
|
2022 |
21 |
|
Concealed in clothing/footwear; |
2 |
|
Home made/adapted to be a weapon; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
|
Manufactured to be a weapon; In bag; |
1 |
|
Other items |
1 |
|
Pen knife; Manufactured to be a weapon; Other; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
2 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Instrument - knife/bladed; Manufactured to be a weapon; Pocket; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Pen knife; Unknown; Unknown/unseen; |
1 |
|
Not stated |
11 |
|
2023 |
16 |
|
Instrument - knife/bladed; |
1 |
|
Instrument - knife/bladed; In bag; |
1 |
|
Items brought by offender; Instrument - knife/bladed; Instrument - sharp; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
2 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Flick-knife; Manufactured to be a weapon; In bag; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Items brought by offender; Instrument - knife/bladed; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Kitchen knife; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Kitchen knife; Home made/adapted to be a weapon; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Pen knife; Manufactured to be a weapon; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
|
Not stated |
6 |
|
Grand Total |
64 |
- Breakdown of the ages of the children the weapons were seized from, if known.
The below table is the same method as above, but with the age of the perpetrator (if stated):
|
Year/weapon description |
9 |
1- |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
27 |
Unknown |
Grand Total |
|
2020 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
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|
Instrument - knife/bladed; |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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|
Manufactured to be a weapon; Unknown; |
1 |
1 |
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|
Razor/razorblade; Scissors; |
1 |
1 |
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|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Not stated |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
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|
2021 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
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|
Firearms; Other weapons as Weapon; Air weapon/BB gun; |
1 |
1 |
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|
Instrument - knife/bladed; In bag; |
1 |
1 |
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|
Kitchen knife; |
1 |
1 |
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|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
1 |
1 |
2 |
||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Held in hand; |
1 |
1 |
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|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Kitchen knife; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Not stated |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
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|
2022 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
21 |
||
|
Concealed in clothing/footwear; |
2 |
2 |
|||||||||
|
Home made/adapted to be a weapon; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Manufactured to be a weapon; In bag; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Other items |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Pen knife; Manufactured to be a weapon; Other; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
1 |
1 |
2 |
||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Instrument - knife/bladed; Manufactured to be a weapon; Pocket; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Pen knife; Unknown; Unknown/unseen; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Not stated |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
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|
2023 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
|||
|
Instrument - knife/bladed; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Instrument - knife/bladed; In bag; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Items brought by offender; Instrument - knife/bladed; Instrument - sharp; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; |
1 |
1 |
2 |
||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Flick-knife; Manufactured to be a weapon; In bag; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Items brought by offender; Instrument - knife/bladed; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Kitchen knife; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Kitchen knife; Home made/adapted to be a weapon; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Sharp instrument as Weapon; Pen knife; Manufactured to be a weapon; Held in - unspecified hand; |
1 |
1 |
|||||||||
|
Not stated |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
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|
Grand Total |
1 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
64 |
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker