"Figure 8: Crimes involving knives or sharp instruments decreased in the latest year following rising trend driven by increase in robberies","" "England and Wales (excluding Greater Manchester police), year ending March 2011 to year ending June 2020","" "","" "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. 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" "","" "","Assault with injury and assault with intent to cause serious harm","Robbery","Threats to kill","Other selected offences" "Mar 11"," 13129 "," 15377 "," 1352 "," 762 " "Mar 12"," 11892 "," 15529 "," 1103 "," 724 " "Mar 13"," 10700 "," 12376 "," 1104 "," 617 " "Mar 14"," 10915 "," 11051 "," 1233 "," 746 " "Mar 15"," 12489 "," 9632 "," 1580 "," 849 " "Mar 16"," 14506 "," 9921 "," 2082 "," 953 " "Mar 17"," 17487 "," 12415 "," 2709 "," 1115 " "Mar 18"," 19511 "," 16756 "," 3063 "," 1224 " "","","","","" "Jun 19"," 20219 "," 19095 "," 3754 "," 1330 " "Jun 20"," 19739 "," 17964 "," 4579 "," 1378 "