Firearms: Crime
(asked on 10th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of gun crime have been recorded in (a) the UK, (b) London and (c) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency in each of the last five years.
The Home Office collects information on offences recorded by the police involving firearms at the police force area level. This is published by the Office for National Statistics in their Focus on Violent Crime and Sexual Offences statistical bulletins. Offences involving firearms include any notifiable offence recorded by the police where a firearm has been fired, used as a blunt instrument or been used as a threat. Figures for London and England and Wales are given in the table. Data are not available at a lower geographical level than police force area.
Table: Firearm offences (excluding air weapons) for London and England and Wales, 2010/11 to 2014/151,2 | |||||
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| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
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London3 | 2,748 | 2,482 | 1,961 | 1,596 | 1,654 |
ENGLAND AND WALES | 7,040 | 6,022 | 5,158 | 4,856 | 4,912 |
1. Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office |
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2. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics |
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3. London includes City of London and Metropolitan Police | |||||
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Figures for 2015/16 are due to be published in February 2017 in the ONS publication Focus on Violent Crime and Sexual Offences Year Ending March 2016.
Information on offences involving firearms in Scotland and Northern Ireland are published by the Scottish Government and Police Service of Northern Ireland respectively.