Knife and offensive weapon sentencing quarterly: April to June 2018
A statistical release on trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife or offensive weapon offences.
Applies to England and Wales
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This bulletin presents key statistics describing the trends in the number of knife or offensive weapon offences receiving cautions and convictions in England and Wales. This bulletin does not cover all knife or offensive weapon crimes (offences involving a knife or offensive weapon) as published by the Office for National Statistics.
The information presented combines all three types of knife or offensive weapon offences; possession of an article with a blade or point in a public place or on school premises; possession of an offensive weapon without lawful authority or reasonable excuse in a public place or on school premises and offences of aggravated possession of a knife or offensive weapon.
Three extra documents accompany this bulletin:
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An interactive table tool showing the criminal history of knife or offensive weapon offenders, giving breakdowns by prosecuting police force, gender and ethnic appearance as well as previous offences, disposal, age group and year.
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An interactive Sankey diagram (a type of flow diagram, in which the width of the arrows is shown proportionally to the number each represents) presenting information on outcomes and criminal history of offenders sentenced or cautioned for a knife or offensive weapon offence.
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A complete set of tables.
The bulletin was produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. For the bulletin pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Ministry of Justice:
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Justice; Permanent Secretary; Minister and Permanent Secretary Private Secretaries (9); Special Advisors (2); Deputy Director for Bail, Sentencing and Release Policy; Senior Policy Advisor, Criminal Law & Sentencing Policy Unit; Head of Courts and Sentencing, Youth Justice Policy; Policy advisor, Youth Sentencing; Deputy Head of News and relevant press officers (3).
Youth Justice Board:
Head of YJB Information and Analysis.
Home Office:
Home Secretary; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism; Minister Private Secretaries (2); Special Advisor; Head of Serious Violence Unit; Policy Lead, Serious Violence Unit; Lead Statistician; and relevant press officers (2).
Cabinet Office:
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister; Policy Advisor, Justice and Devolution; Desk Officer, Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat.