Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths have been caused by crossbows in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

The Home Office Homicide Index holds information on the number of homicide victims killed by use of a crossbow in England and Wales. There were four homicides in England in the last ten years where the weapon has been identified as a crossbow; two in 2010/11, one in 2013/14 and one in 2014/15. Additionally, there was one homicide victim killed in Wales by use of a crossbow in 2014/15. The Home Office does not hold information on the number of injuries caused by crossbows nor does it have separate figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland.