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Knives
Mrs. Iris Robinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many knife stabbing incidents have occurred in Northern Ireland over the last three years, broken down by Westminster constituency; and how many of these involved fatalities. [77341]
Mr. Hanson:
The following tables provide statistics on knife crime incidents over the past three years according to PSNI District Command Units. The incidents are sorted by the recorded crime categories used by the police. While is it known that a knife was used in all incidents recorded, it is not possible to indicate how the knife was used.
| Crimes recorded where a knife was involved in the incident 2003-04( 1) |
| | Offences against the person | Murder( 2) | Sexual offences | Burglary | Robbery | Theft |
|
Armagh
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
|
Banbridge
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Ballymena
|
19
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
|
Ballymoney
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Coleraine
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
13
|
3
|
|
Cookstown
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Craigavon
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
13
|
2
|
|
Dungannon and South Tyrone
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Down
|
15
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
|
Fermanagh
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
Foyle
|
31
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
|
Limavady
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Magherafelt
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Moyle
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
26
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
11
|
1
|
|
Omagh
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
|
Strabane
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Rural region
|
170
|
2
|
3
|
23
|
81
|
12
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Antrim
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
|
Ards
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
East Belfast
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
55
|
1
|
|
North Belfast
|
41
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
37
|
3
|
|
South Belfast
|
29
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
58
|
2
|
|
West Belfast
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
15
|
0
|
|
Carrickfergus
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
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|
Castlereagh
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
|
Larne
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Lisburn
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
14
|
0
|
|
Newtownabbey
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
24
|
2
|
|
North Down
|
13
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
|
Urban Region
|
198
|
0
|
4
|
16
|
243
|
9
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Northern Ireland
|
368
|
2
|
7
|
39
|
324
|
21
|
| | Fraud and forgery | Criminal damage | Offences against the state | Other notifiable offences | Total offences |
|
Armagh
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
|
Banbridge
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
Ballymena
|
0
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
42
|
|
Ballymoney
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
|
Coleraine
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
50
|
|
Cookstown
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
|
Craigavon
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
52
|
|
Dungannon and South Tyrone
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
|
Down
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
32
|
|
Fermanagh
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
|
Foyle
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
54
|
|
Limavady
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
14
|
|
Magherafelt
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
Moyle
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
49
|
|
Omagh
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
30
|
|
Strabane
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
|
Rural region
|
0
|
60
|
41
|
5
|
395
|
| | | | | | |
|
Antrim
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
|
Ards
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
|
East Belfast
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
79
|
|
North Belfast
|
0
|
14
|
13
|
1
|
112
|
|
South Belfast
|
0
|
8
|
10
|
0
|
110
|
|
West Belfast
|
0
|
4
|
13
|
0
|
54
|
|
Carrickfergus
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
|
Castlereagh
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
22
|
|
Larne
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
21
|
|
Lisburn
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
27
|
|
Newtownabbey
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
0
|
63
|
|
North Down
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
40
|
|
Urban Region
|
0
|
69
|
49
|
2
|
590
|
| | | | | | |
|
Northern Ireland
|
0
|
129
|
90
|
7
|
985
|
(1 )Please note that the figures relate to crimes where a knife was involved in the incident—it is not known how the knife was actually used. (2 )Murder figures are also included in the ‘offences against the person’ total. Source: Central Statistics Unit, PSNI
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