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N umber of defendants aged 18 years and over who were convicted at all courts for illegally carrying knives, in England and Wales by police force area for the years 1997 to 2006( 1, 2, 3) |
Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Avon and Somerset
|
44
|
62
|
96
|
80
|
82
|
116
|
133
|
118
|
113
|
138
|
Bedfordshire
|
23
|
31
|
20
|
34
|
26
|
38
|
52
|
61
|
67
|
50
|
Cambridgeshire
|
21
|
29
|
25
|
13
|
23
|
35
|
26
|
56
|
43
|
57
|
Cheshire
|
52
|
56
|
39
|
40
|
30
|
40
|
48
|
39
|
58
|
70
|
City of London
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
8
|
9
|
17
|
19
|
20
|
18
|
11
|
Cleveland
|
13
|
26
|
27
|
15
|
34
|
57
|
55
|
69
|
63
|
59
|
Cumbria
|
22
|
22
|
25
|
19
|
17
|
31
|
36
|
38
|
33
|
30
|
Derbyshire
|
31
|
22
|
28
|
35
|
45
|
53
|
65
|
83
|
67
|
63
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
38
|
72
|
70
|
56
|
60
|
98
|
107
|
109
|
112
|
102
|
Dorset
|
18
|
37
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
45
|
41
|
53
|
53
|
55
|
Durham
|
21
|
24
|
27
|
32
|
25
|
59
|
49
|
49
|
70
|
65
|
Essex
|
64
|
73
|
81
|
80
|
73
|
89
|
112
|
156
|
143
|
133
|
Gloucestershire
|
13
|
29
|
15
|
13
|
19
|
21
|
24
|
34
|
33
|
31
|
Greater Manchester
|
181
|
205
|
188
|
176
|
209
|
239
|
250
|
276
|
291
|
305
|
Hampshire
|
78
|
86
|
75
|
77
|
79
|
86
|
108
|
133
|
129
|
124
|
Hertfordshire
|
24
|
24
|
25
|
24
|
23
|
49
|
68
|
64
|
71
|
65
|
Humberside
|
36
|
39
|
53
|
39
|
31
|
52
|
55
|
92
|
92
|
90
|
Kent
|
24
|
61
|
76
|
61
|
62
|
29
|
27
|
12
|
12
|
6
|
Lancashire
|
93
|
106
|
84
|
70
|
85
|
76
|
112
|
122
|
121
|
109
|
Leicestershire
|
44
|
58
|
52
|
45
|
52
|
57
|
78
|
80
|
70
|
90
|
Lincolnshire
|
16
|
31
|
47
|
39
|
37
|
40
|
60
|
58
|
47
|
58
|
Merseyside
|
148
|
144
|
108
|
98
|
106
|
137
|
132
|
169
|
168
|
178
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,110
|
1,160
|
905
|
970
|
1,167
|
1,562
|
1,441
|
1,376
|
1,400
|
1,354
|
Norfolk
|
25
|
47
|
40
|
30
|
32
|
54
|
54
|
61
|
60
|
52
|
North Yorkshire
|
30
|
31
|
39
|
25
|
38
|
41
|
40
|
56
|
55
|
39
|
Northamptonshire
|
4
|
7
|
14
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
Northumbria
|
79
|
78
|
86
|
87
|
109
|
126
|
130
|
154
|
160
|
186
|
Nottinghamshire
|
40
|
36
|
38
|
34
|
41
|
55
|
68
|
95
|
91
|
113
|
South Yorkshire
|
41
|
46
|
48
|
46
|
92
|
109
|
122
|
99
|
136
|
109
|
Staffordshire(3)
|
18
|
33
|
37
|
(4)
|
28
|
51
|
50
|
60
|
49
|
80
|
Suffolk
|
27
|
19
|
18
|
23
|
25
|
43
|
37
|
55
|
53
|
88
|
Surrey
|
16
|
8
|
10
|
16
|
21
|
22
|
33
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
Sussex
|
53
|
57
|
83
|
64
|
76
|
112
|
99
|
91
|
94
|
108
|
Thames Valley
|
54
|
67
|
70
|
47
|
64
|
72
|
66
|
99
|
122
|
142
|
Warwickshire
|
14
|
25
|
20
|
16
|
15
|
21
|
14
|
22
|
18
|
24
|
West Mercia
|
17
|
30
|
25
|
21
|
6
|
9
|
18
|
18
|
22
|
31
|
West Midlands
|
146
|
126
|
120
|
163
|
247
|
281
|
279
|
290
|
258
|
312
|
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West Yorkshire
|
33
|
33
|
42
|
47
|
70
|
81
|
89
|
128
|
142
|
143
|
Wiltshire
|
17
|
24
|
28
|
24
|
32
|
24
|
33
|
40
|
41
|
55
|
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Dyfed-Powys
|
14
|
19
|
29
|
23
|
28
|
30
|
34
|
36
|
34
|
22
|
Gwent
|
19
|
16
|
14
|
17
|
16
|
31
|
19
|
37
|
26
|
44
|
North Wales
|
42
|
50
|
51
|
32
|
39
|
57
|
52
|
60
|
68
|
103
|
South Wales
|
59
|
87
|
91
|
68
|
72
|
96
|
90
|
109
|
100
|
133
|
Total
|
2,878
|
3,244
|
3,001
|
2,840
|
3,377
|
4,343
|
4,427
|
4,810
|
4,839
|
5,058
|
(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 and police forces. 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.
(3) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for defendants proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table.
(4 )Nil
Note:
Data for "having an article with blade or point on school premises" exclude convictions for West Mercia PFA, until clarification of these cases is obtained.
Source:
Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice ReformMinistry of Justice
Our reference: PQ 176295 (Table 2).
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