5 Jun 2008 : Column 1116W—continued
| Table B: Offences involving air weapons and BB guns/soft air weapons resulting in serious injury, by police force are a : 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
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
16
|
16
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cheshire
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Cleveland
|
2
|
n/a
|
4
|
n/a
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Cumbria
|
2
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
Derbyshire
|
3
|
n/a
|
1
|
n/a
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
1
|
n/a
|
7
|
n/a
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
|
Dorset
|
2
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Durham
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
0
|
n/a
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Essex
|
9
|
n/a
|
3
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
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5 Jun 2008 : Column 1118W
|
Gloucestershire
|
2
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Gtr. Manchester
|
7
|
n/a
|
15
|
n/a
|
13
|
2
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
|
Gwent
|
5
|
n/a
|
3
|
n/a
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Hampshire
|
2
|
n/a
|
8
|
n/a
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
3
|
n/a
|
5
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Humberside
|
7
|
n/a
|
3
|
n/a
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kent
|
3
|
n/a
|
4
|
n/a
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
Lancashire
|
4
|
n/a
|
8
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1
|
n/a
|
1
|
n/a
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
3
|
n/a
|
1
|
n/a
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
London City of
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Merseyside
|
12
|
n/a
|
12
|
n/a
|
10
|
1
|
19
|
0
|
10
|
1
|
|
Metropolitan
|
22
|
n/a
|
26
|
n/a
|
16
|
2
|
14
|
9
|
14
|
4
|
|
Norfolk
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
North Wales
|
4
|
n/a
|
3
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
4
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Northumbria
|
4
|
n/a
|
5
|
n/a
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
South Wales
|
2
|
n/a
|
5
|
n/a
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
11
|
n/a
|
6
|
n/a
|
9
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
Staffordshire
|
6
|
n/a
|
4
|
n/a
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Suffolk
|
0
|
n/a
|
2
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Surrey
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Sussex
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Thames Valley
|
7
|
n/a
|
2
|
n/a
|
8
|
0
|
4
| |
6
|
2
|
|
Warwickshire
|
2
|
n/a
|
3
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
West Mercia
|
2
|
n/a
|
1
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
West Midlands
|
0
|
n/a
|
13
|
n/a
|
9
|
4
|
11
|
4
|
9
|
12
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
16
|
n/a
|
11
|
n/a
|
7
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
Wiltshire
|
0
|
n/a
|
0
|
n/a
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
Total
|
156
|
n/a
|
157
|
n/a
|
144
|
42
|
119
|
41
|
95
|
29
|
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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