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Numbers and percentages
	Robbery of business property		Robbery of personal property
Police force area and region	Offences involving a knife		Offences involving a knife
	No.	%	No.	%
Cleveland	16	40	56	12
Durham	13	45	17	11
Northumbria	45	34	101	15
North East Region	74	37	174	14
Cheshire	68	50	65	15
Cumbria	6	75	10	23
Greater Manchester	373	30	986	16
Lancashire	41	35	128	15
Merseyside	153	35	237	19
North West Region	641	33	1,426	16
Humberside	29	31	147	16
North Yorkshire	12	40	28	13
South Yorkshire	45	29	176	16
West Yorkshire	113	32	411	16
Yorkshire and the Humber Region	199	31	762	16
Derbyshire	24	28	84	12
Leicestershire	16	25	149	15
Lincolnshire	11	39	22	16
Northamptonshire	19	18	101	13
Nottinghamshire	56	28	338	18
East Midlands Region	126	26	694	16
Staffordshire	36	39	73	12
Warwickshire	31	31	72	26
West Mercia	19	25	61	13
West Midlands	192	29	1,166	17
West Midlands Region	278	30	1,372	16
Bedfordshire	32	35	199	18
Cambridgeshire	14	19	46	8
Essex	30	17	154	14
Hertfordshire	21	24	112	17
Norfolk	7	23	24	9
Suffolk	11	31	30	13
East of England Region	115	23	565	14
London, City of	1	50	12	23
Metropolitan Police	612	18	4,991	15
London Region	613	18	5,003	15
Hampshire	33	27	152	16
Kent	43	27	148	15
Surrey	29	29	36	12
Sussex	27	29	99	12
Thames Valley	47	19	180	10
South East Region	179	25	615	13
Avon and Somerset	17	16	228	13
Devon and Cornwall	33	45	78	17
Dorset	3	11	13	6
Gloucestershire	14	38	51	20
Wiltshire	22	52	52	17
South West Region	89	31	422	14
England total	2,314	26	11,033	15
Dyfed-Powys	3	50	6	15
Gwent	10	37	32	14
North Wales	0	0	26	19
South Wales	29	42	177	23
Wales total	42	41	241	21
British Transport Police	3	100	254	24
England and Wales	2,359	26	11,528	15
(1) Other offences exist that are not shown in this table that may include the use of a knife or sharp Instrument. In this table ‘offences involving a knife’ refers to the use of a knife or sharp instrument. (2) Total of selected serious offences only include the five offence types shown In this table. (3) Includes racially or religiously aggravated wounding or inflicting GBH.

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