"Figure 5: Rising trend in crimes involving knives or sharp instruments driven by increase in robberies","" "England and Wales (excluding Greater Manchester Police), year ending March 2011 to year ending December ","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Data from Greater Manchester Police are excluded to allow for comparison over time. See [Strengths and limitations](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2019#strengths-and-limitations) for more details. 3. Police recorded knife or sharp instrument offences data are submitted via a special collection. 4. Other selected offences include rape, attempted murder, homicide and sexual assault." "Unit","Number of offences" "","" "","Threats to kill","Assault with injury and assault with intent to cause serious harm","Robbery","Other selected offences" "Mar 11","1352"," 13129 "," 15377 "," 762 " "Mar 12","1103"," 11892 "," 15529 ","724" "Mar 13","1104"," 10700 "," 12376 ","617" "Mar 14","1233"," 10915 "," 11051 ","746" "Mar 15","1580"," 12489 "," 9632 ","849" "Mar 16","2082"," 14506 "," 9921 ","953" "Mar 17","2709","17487"," 12415 ","1115" "","","","","" "Dec 18","3434","19906","17904","1311" "Dec 19","4151","20196","19943","1337"