Crime
Statistics
Mr.
Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department how many people have been convicted of carrying a
knife in a public place in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
[82108]
Mr.
Coaker: Data for the number of people convicted for
offences relating to carrying a knife in a public place in Suffolk
police force area, from 2000 to 2004, can be found in the following
table. Court proceedings data for 2005 will be available in autumn of
2006.
| Number
of people convicted at all courts for offences relating to carrying a
knife in a public place, in Suffolk police force
area( 1)
2000-04 |
| Statute | Offence
description | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
Criminal
Justice Act 1988 S.139 as amended by Offensive Weapons Act 1996
S.3 | Having
an article with blade or point in public
place. | 30 | 30 | 61 | 52 | 68 |
Criminal
Justice Act 1998 S.319A (1)(5)(a) as added by Offensive Weapons Act
1996
S.4(1) | Having
an article with blade or point on school
premises | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(1)
These data are on the principal offence
basis.
(2 )Every effort is
made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete.
However it is important to note that these data have been extracted
from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, police
forces and other agencies. As a consequence, care should be taken to
ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when those data are
used.
Source:
Office
for Criminal Justice
Reform
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Mr.
Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department how many under-18 year olds were convicted of illegally
carrying (a) knives and (b) other weapons in each year
since 1990.
[74186]
Mr.
Coaker [holding answer 25 May 2006]: Data
from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal
Justice Reform showing the number of under 18-year-olds found guilty
for selected offences related to the illegal possession and carrying of
knives and other weapons in England and Wales from 1990-2004, are
provided in the following
tables.
Data for 2005
will be available in the autumn.
| Number
of offenders aged under 18 found guilty at all courts for selected
offences related to the illegal carrying of knives, guns and other
weapons, England and Wales,
1990-2004( 1) |
| Offence
description | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
Possession
of firearm with intent to endanger
life | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Using
firearms or imitation firearms to resist
arrest | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Possessing
firearms or imitation firearm at time of committing or being arrested
for an offence specified in schedule 1 of the Firearms
Act | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Possessing
firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable
offence or resist
arrest | 10 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Possession
of a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of
violence | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 27 | 36 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Other
firearms
offences(2) | 31 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 52 | 84 | 61 | 76 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Having
an article with blade or point in public
place | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | 476 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Having
an article with blade or point on school
premises(3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 |
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Possession
of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable
excuse | 586 | 494 | 439 | 377 | 408 | 482 | 613 | 648 |
| | | | | | | | | |
Possession
of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse on
school
premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Offence
description | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
Possession
of firearm with intent to endanger
life | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
Using
firearms or imitation firearms to resist
arrest | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Possessing
firearms or imitation firearm at time of committing or being arrested
for an offence specified in schedule 1 of the Firearms
Act | 22 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 33 | 17 |
| | | | | | | | |
Possessing
firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable
offence or resist
arrest | 20 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
| | | | | | | | |
Possession
of a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of
violence | 55 | 64 | 55 | 88 | 89 | 82 | 81 |
| | | | | | | | |
Other
firearms
offences(2) | 73 | 76 | 74 | 103 | 99 | 108 | 171 |
| | | | | | | | |
Having
an article with blade or point in public
place | 552 | 541 | 680 | 939 | 948 | 910 | 992 |
| | | | | | | | |
Having
an article with blade or point on school
premises(3) | 9 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 27 |
| | | | | | | | |
Possession
of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable
excuse | 699 | 675 | 858 | 1,116 | 1,071 | 971 | 1,181 |
| | | | | | | | |
Possession
of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse on
school
premises | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 18 |
(1)
These data are provided on the principal offence
basis.
(2)
Includes offences related to trespass with firearms, selling,
supplying, illegal modification and the possession of loaded firearms
in public.
(3)
Excludes data provided by West Mercia police force
area
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