4 Jun 2008 : Column 994W—continued
| Table B: Offences involving air weapons and BB guns/soft air weapons resulting in injury, by police force area: England and Wales, 2002-03 to 2006-07 |
| | 2002-03( 1) | 2003-04 | 2004-05( 2) | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Police force area | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons( 3) | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons( 3) | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons | Air weapons | BB guns/soft air weapons |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
79
|
n/a
|
68
|
n/a
|
37
|
71
|
18
|
63
|
23
|
37
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
28
|
n/a
|
16
|
n/a
|
12
|
23
|
7
|
14
|
1
|
12
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
24
|
n/a
|
10
|
n/a
|
9
|
11
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
|
Cheshire
|
39
|
n/a
|
24
|
n/a
|
27
|
13
|
16
|
18
|
4
|
9
|
|
Cleveland
|
28
|
n/a
|
42
|
n/a
|
13
|
11
|
15
|
24
|
12
|
9
|
|
Cumbria
|
7
|
n/a
|
10
|
n/a
|
7
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
|
Derbyshire
|
98
|
n/a
|
111
|
n/a
|
30
|
57
|
26
|
38
|
14
|
20
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
84
|
n/a
|
83
|
n/a
|
37
|
76
|
24
|
50
|
16
|
39
|
|
Dorset
|
25
|
n/a
|
6
|
n/a
|
6
|
18
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
|
Durham
|
3
|
n/a
|
4
|
n/a
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
9
|
n/a
|
7
|
n/a
|
14
|
10
|
23
|
5
|
10
|
5
|
|
Essex
|
119
|
n/a
|
122
|
n/a
|
31
|
58
|
48
|
63
|
45
|
38
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
15
|
n/a
|
14
|
n/a
|
15
|
36
|
15
|
21
|
7
|
20
|
|
Gtr. Manchester
|
213
|
n/a
|
136
|
n/a
|
135
|
123
|
67
|
100
|
72
|
62
|
|
Gwent
|
56
|
n/a
|
28
|
n/a
|
30
|
45
|
18
|
21
|
11
|
5
|
|
Hampshire
|
24
|
n/a
|
49
|
n/a
|
30
|
40
|
24
|
38
|
21
|
38
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
25
|
n/a
|
24
|
n/a
|
27
|
41
|
21
|
30
|
15
|
16
|
|
Humberside
|
64
|
n/a
|
63
|
n/a
|
18
|
39
|
9
|
23
|
16
|
14
|
|
Kent
|
62
|
n/a
|
56
|
n/a
|
52
|
31
|
42
|
36
|
55
|
29
|
|
Lancashire
|
18
|
n/a
|
19
|
n/a
|
43
|
114
|
27
|
108
|
47
|
57
|
|
Leicestershire
|
21
|
n/a
|
32
|
n/a
|
17
|
16
|
4
|
13
|
21
|
15
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
42
|
n/a
|
60
|
n/a
|
27
|
28
|
4
|
26
|
5
|
13
|
|
London City of
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Merseyside
|
130
|
n/a
|
98
|
n/a
|
74
|
65
|
93
|
55
|
85
|
29
|
|
Metropolitan
|
303
|
n/a
|
332
|
n/a
|
226
|
202
|
176
|
166
|
139
|
92
|
|
Norfolk
|
13
|
n/a
|
3
|
n/a
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
|
North Wales
|
19
|
n/a
|
37
|
n/a
|
16
|
36
|
17
|
39
|
20
|
43
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
11
|
n/a
|
11
|
n/a
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
26
|
n/a
|
24
|
n/a
|
10
|
28
|
0
|
21
|
10
|
12
|
|
Northumbria
|
53
|
n/a
|
44
|
n/a
|
45
|
57
|
21
|
28
|
28
|
14
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
125
|
n/a
|
82
|
n/a
|
46
|
46
|
46
|
38
|
44
|
12
|
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|
South Wales
|
40
|
n/a
|
24
|
n/a
|
31
|
16
|
39
|
20
|
24
|
19
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
77
|
n/a
|
71
|
n/a
|
63
|
42
|
47
|
66
|
46
|
37
|
|
Staffordshire
|
87
|
n/a
|
65
|
n/a
|
25
|
50
|
8
|
47
|
19
|
16
|
|
Suffolk
|
21
|
n/a
|
34
|
n/a
|
8
|
13
|
8
|
18
|
11
|
6
|
|
Surrey
|
17
|
n/a
|
24
|
n/a
|
17
|
13
|
16
|
15
|
11
|
12
|
|
Sussex
|
59
|
n/a
|
56
|
n/a
|
22
|
15
|
38
|
6
|
17
|
18
|
|
Thames Valley
|
55
|
n/a
|
43
|
n/a
|
47
|
81
|
23
|
65
|
34
|
45
|
|
Warwickshire
|
14
|
n/a
|
14
|
n/a
|
10
|
18
|
5
|
13
|
6
|
14
|
|
West Mercia
|
87
|
n/a
|
70
|
n/a
|
38
|
50
|
24
|
27
|
27
|
8
|
|
West Midlands
|
2
|
n/a
|
178
|
n/a
|
89
|
117
|
94
|
102
|
64
|
92
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
141
|
n/a
|
194
|
n/a
|
99
|
81
|
79
|
68
|
47
|
55
|
|
Wiltshire
|
14
|
n/a
|
7
|
n/a
|
3
|
27
|
1
|
17
|
2
|
23
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total
|
2,377
|
n/a
|
2,395
|
n/a
|
1,498
|
1,844
|
1,182
|
1,534
|
1,054
|
1,013
|
n/a = Not available
(1) The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this.
(2) More explicit guidelines for the classification of weapons, introduced on 1 April 2004, may have increased the recording of firearm offences, particularly those committed by imitation weapons.
(3) Data for BB guns/soft air weapons have been separately collected only since 1 April 2004. Prior to that they were included within the ‘imitation weapons’ total.
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