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Persons
				Immediate custody					Otherwise dealt with( 2)
Offence	Statute	Year	Total persons sentenced	18 months and less than 2 years	2 years and less than 3 years	3 years and less than 4 years	4 years	More than 4 years	No.	% of persons sentenced
Having an article with a blade or point in a public place	Criminal Justice Act 1988 sec 1 39 as amended by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 sec 3	1996	890	1	—	—	—	—	386	43.4
		1997	3,341	3	—	—	—	—	1,792	53.6
		1998	3,788	1	1	—	—	—	2,054	54.2
		1999	3,548	3	—	—	—	—	1,988	56.0
		2000	3,518	—	—	—	—	—	2,033	57.8
		2001	4,303	2	1	—	—	—	2,568	59.7
		2002	5,269	6	1	—	—	—	3,156	59.9
		2003	5,311	4	1	—	—	—	3,281	61.8
		2004	5,802	3	—	—	—	—	3,871	66.7
		2005	5,957	2	1	—	—	—	4,041	67.8
Having an article with a blade or point on school premises	Criminal Justice Act 1988 sec 139A(1) and (5X1) as added by the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 sec 4(1)	1996	12	—	—	—	—	—	7	58.3
		1997	19	—	—	—	—	—	12	63.2
		1998	16	—	—	—	—	—	13	81.3
		1999	16	—	—	—	—	—	8	50.0
		2000	44	—	1	—	—	—	27	61.4
		2001	61	—	—	—	—	—	40	65.6
		2002	57	—	—	—	—	—	41	71.9
		2003	88	—	—	—	—	—	68	77.3
		2004	106	—	—	—	—	—	74	69.8
		2005	45	—	—	—	—	—	38	84.4
Possession of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse on school premises	Criminal Justice Act 1988 sec139A(2) and (5Xb) as added by the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 sec 4(1)	1996	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		1997	19	—	—	—	1	—	13	68.4
		1998	20	—	—	—	—	—	14	70.0
		1999	20	—	—	—	1	—	14	70.0
		2000	18	1	—	—	—	—	12	66.7
		2001	19	—	—	—	—	—	14	73.7
		2002	21	—	—	—	—	—	16	76.2
		2003	21	—	1	—	—	—	17	81.0
		2004	33	—	—	—	—	—	28	84.8
		2005	30	—-	—	—	—	—	25	83.3
Publication of any written, pictorial or other material in connection with the marketing of any knife—the material is otherwise likely to stimulate or encourage violent behaviour involving use of a knife as a weapon	Knives Act 1997 sec 2(1)(b)	1997	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Possession of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse	Prevention of Crime Act 1953 sec 1 as amended by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 sec 2(1)	1986	4,961	11	5	—	—	—	1,945	39.2
		1987	5,916	14	—	—	—	—	2,350	39.7
		1988	5,804	8	2	—	—	—	2,312	39.8
		1989	5,121	6	4	—	—	—	2,026	39.6
		1990	4,288	4	1	—	—	—	1,778	41.5
		1991	3,907	7	2	—	—	—	1,809	46.3
		1992	3,608	4	—	—	—	—	1,720	47.7
		1993	3,129	4	2	—	—	—	1,705	54.5
		1994	3,302	1	3	—	—	—	1,817	55.0
		1995	3,196	7	2	—	—	—	1,745	54.6
		1996	3,545	6	2	—	—	—	2,050	57.8
		1997	4,130	8	6	2	—	—	2,417	58.5
		1998	4,375	7	3	2	—	—	2,567	58.7
		1999	4,135	5	8	2	1	—	2,511	60.7
		2000	4,108	4	4	4	—	—	2,549	62.0
		2001	4,873	11	3	1	—	—	3,093	63.5
		2002	5,441	12	8	3	1	—	3,525	64.8
		2003	5,394	13	11	3	—	—	3,466	64.3
		2004	5,758	9	6	2	—	—	3,904	67.8
		2005	5,689	10	9	1	1	1	4,119	72.4
(1) Principal offence basis. (2) Absolute and conditional discharges, community sentences and other miscellaneous disposals. Source: RDS-NOMS, Home Office

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