Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of knife crime there were in (a) Barnsley and (b) Sheffield City Region in each of the last five years.

The Home Office collects data on the number of offences involving knives or sharp instruments recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level only.

Information on knife crime offences for South Yorkshire Police Force Area, which includes Barnsley and Sheffield, can be found in the Home Office Knife Crime Open Data Tables available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables