FOI 260/25 Knives Seized
Enquiry Reference: 260-25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
Please can you provide the following information for the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 calendar years:
1 - How many knives were seized by police following stop and search
2 - How many knives were seized by police from people aged under 18 following stop and search
3 - What type(s) of knives were seized by police from people aged under 18 following stop and search
4 - How many of each type of knives seized by police from people aged under 18 following stop and search were there
As under Section 16 of the Act, please advise on how I can amend my FOI if you cannot provide the requested information.
When we refer to knives being seized, the analyst has used the stop search data which shows how many searches resulted in a knife/bladed article being recovered (Where the bladed article is the item found from searching a person).
We do not have details of the type of knife being recovered on the stop search form (Question 3&4). it is not directly listed on the form.
The table refers to Q1 and Q2, with a breakdown of the Under 18 population who were subject to a search:
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Volume of Bladed articles recovered from a Stop search |
90 |
98 |
118 |
144 |
109 |
|
Of which, how many subjects were Aged Under 18 |
10 |
13 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold. 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