FOI 175/25 Weapons in Schools
Enquiry Reference: 175 - 25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
For each of these requests I would like a breakdown of the figures by the years 2014,2015,2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- I would like to know how many reports were made of weapon possession in schools.
The below table contains all crimes in the ‘weapons possession’ offences category validated in the calendar years requested. The crimes include ‘sharp’ ‘bladed’ or ‘knife’ in the MO Item weapon used and had Education/School in the MO Location description.
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Weapons Possession Offences |
6 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
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10C - Possession of Other Weapons |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
2 |
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10D - Possession of Article with Blade or Point |
6 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
- I would also like to know how many reports were made of attacks involving blades or sharp instruments in schools.
As no specific crime types were requested the analyst used the crime categories of ‘violence with injury’ and ‘violence without injury’. The crimes were validated in the years requested and had education/school in the MO Location description and include ‘sharp’ ‘bladed’ or ‘knife’ in the MO Item weapon used.
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Violence With Injury |
1 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
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5D - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm |
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1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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8N - Assault with Injury |
1 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
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Violence Without Injury |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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4 |
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3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
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105A - Assault Without Injury |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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4 |
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3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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3B - Threats To Kill |
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1 |
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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.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker