"Figure 10: Crimes involving firearms show a small decrease compared with the previous year ","" "England and Wales (including Greater Manchester Police), year ending March 2003 to year ending June 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Data are provisional and have not been reconciled with police forces. 3. Figures exclude conventional air weapons, such as air rifles." "Unit","Number of offences" "","" "","Shotguns","Handguns","Rifles","Imitation firearms","Unidentified firearms","Other firearms" "Mar 03","672","5549","52"," 1814 "," 1431 ","730" " Mar 04 "," 718 "," 5144 ","48"," 2146 "," 1356 ","926" " Mar 05 "," 597 "," 4360 ","54"," 3373 "," 1500 ","1185" " Mar 06 "," 642 "," 4672 ","71"," 3277 "," 1362 ","1064" " Mar 07 "," 612 "," 4173 ","69"," 2516 "," 1276 ","999" " Mar 08 "," 602 "," 4172 ","71"," 2561 "," 1325 ","1134" " Mar 09 "," 618 "," 4273 ","89"," 1507 "," 953 ","759" " Mar 10 "," 581 "," 3757 ","67"," 1526 "," 1368 ","783" " Mar 11 "," 611 "," 3107 ","74"," 1618 "," 958 ","672" " Mar 12 "," 494 "," 2655 ","56"," 1387 "," 834 ","596" " Mar 13 "," 453 "," 2256 ","43"," 1226 "," 724 ","456" " Mar 14 "," 387 "," 2134 ","55"," 1142 "," 698 ","440" " Mar 15 "," 431 "," 2061 ","52"," 1123 "," 833 ","411" " Mar 16 "," 411 "," 2157 ","48"," 1431 "," 666 ","469" " Mar 17 "," 592 "," 2685 ","61"," 1642 "," 844 ","551" " Mar 18 "," 657 "," 2868 ","92"," 1540 "," 869 ","508" "","","","","","","" " Jun 19 "," 685 "," 2764 ","50","1500","1070","788" " Jun 20 "," 620 "," 2458 ","74","1345","982","749"