FOI REF: FOI-2023-1487
You asked
I would like to request:
The number of documented stabbings that have happened in South Yorkshire in the last 5 years, presented in a chart showing the rate year on year:
- The number of documented knife crimes that have happened in South Yorkshire in the last 5 years.
- The number of documented knife crimes that have happened in South Yorkshire in the last 5 years involving 18 year olds and below.
- The number of knife crimes that have resulted in death across South Yorkshire in the last 5 years.
- All of the weapons found in amnesty bins in the last 5 years.
- The number of amnesty boxes/ bleed kits across South Yorkshire.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Our Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables provide the number of offences involving knife and sharp instruments reported to each police force area (PFA) since the year ending March 2011 (Table P6). They also provide a breakdown by offence type in table P5. Please note that all data in our tables are for financial year only, however you may find the Home Office Police recorded crime open data tables useful, specifically the 'Offences involving knives or sharp instruments open data year ending March 2009 onwards' table, as you are able to filter the data by quarter to create a calendar year.
At a national level, our Homicide in England and Wales appendix tables also include data on the method of killing (including knives and sharp instruments) in a time series back to year ending March 2012 in Worksheet 8, however this data is not split by police force area.
Unfortunately, we do not hold data on the age of victims or perpetrators of offences involving knife or sharp instruments at the police force area level. Table 9 and Table 10 of our Homicide tables include data on the age and sex of the victims of homicide by knife or sharp instrument in a time series back to 2012, but this data is not split by PFA.
We do not hold data on weapons found in amnesty bins or the number of amnesty boxes/bleed kits. You may find information on the South Yorkshire Police website helpful.
If you have any further crime-related enquiries, the ONS Centre for Crime and Justice can be reached at the following e-mail address: CrimeStatistics@ons.gov.uk.