The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)
Since July 2024, a total of 80,190 knives and weapons have been surrendered or seized through two surrender schemes, two surrender and compensation schemes, Border Force seizures and seizures through the county lines programme. The table below sets out the figures. Number of knives seized / surrendered Scheme Date Source 47,795 Zombie-style knife and machete surrender and compensation scheme 25/08/24 – 23/09/24 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-03-27/hcws555 3,942 Ninja sword surrender and compensation scheme 01/07/25 – 31/07/25 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-10-30/hcws1007 3,570 Extended knife and weapons surrender arrangements 01/07/25 – 31/07/25 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-10-30/HCWS1007 11,787 Home Office funded surrender bins 04/09/25 – 31/07/26 3,811 Knife and weapons surrender arrangements 03/08/26 – 31/08/26 - 1,900 County lines programme 07/2024 – 03/2026 7,385 Border Force seizures 07/2024 – 06/2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/migration-transparency-data 80,190 Total
A total of 3,811 knives and weapons were surrendered during the Government’s knife and weapons surrender scheme, held from 3 August to 31 August 2026 in the west midlands, Greater Manchester, London, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Members of the public could surrender knives and weapons anonymously at a mobile surrender van operated by Fazamnesty and through surrender bins installed by Word 4 Weapons and funded by the Home Office. The scheme was extended into South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire through the provision of eight additional surrender bins, alongside 37 existing bins in the west midlands, Greater Manchester and London.
The previous extended surrender arrangements the Government ran in July 2025 resulted in a total of 3,570 knives and weapons being surrendered to the mobile surrender van and 37 surrender bins funded by the Home Office.
The 37 surrender bins remained in place following the end of last year’s arrangements and a total of 11,787 knives and weapons were surrendered between September 2025 and July 2026.