FOI 418-24 Knife Crime
Enquiry Reference: 418 - 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
I am seeking information from your organisation about knife-enabled crime by young people.
Between (and including) the date periods - 1 January 2020 to 1 January 2024, and 1 January 2024 to 11 April 2024 – please provide the following calendar yearly figures for:
- a) the number of offences of knife crime and knife-related crime recorded annually in your area since 2020,
o b) of which how many committed by people aged 16-19,
- The number of knife crime and knife-related crime recorded annually in post-16 further education institutions in your area since 2020.
- The number of all crimes committed by 16–19-year-olds recorded for every year in your area since 2020.
Please note that knife-related crime refers to offences made with bladed objects and can include (but are not limited to) possession, assault, threats or use of violence, grievous bodily harm, wounding, harassment, rape, robbery, criminal damage and affray.
Note that the knife crime figures provided are based on the HO definition of Knife crime, and the offences for weapon possession are not included.
For the question relating to Education institutions, the analyst has searched this based on the location description being completed with ‘College’ or ‘University’, and there were 0 results for this. This field is not mandatory and not always completed so this may be reflected in the 0 results for this type of location.
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 (1st Jan - 11th April) |
|
Knife Crime offences |
718 |
707 |
878 |
824 |
219 |
|
Knife crime (Suspect is between 16 -19) |
41 |
31 |
28 |
40 |
7 |
|
Education (College or University) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
*Total crime (Suspect is between 16 -19) |
926 |
812 |
936 |
774 |
152 |
Please also note that the analyst has only included suspects with a crime outcome that is solved, and removed any outcomes that have no action taken for example, if it is not clear the suspect committed the crime.
*The last row is based on any recorded crime, where the suspect is aged 16-19 years old. Again, the caveat for outcomes stands with this one too.
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.
If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The APP College of Policing guidance states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced.
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker