20 datasets found
  1. Number of firearm offences in London 2015-2024

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of firearm offences in London 2015-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/865565/gun-crime-in-london/
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    Jun 25, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    United Kingdom (England), London
    Description

    There were ***** firearm offences recorded in London 2023/24, compared with ***** in 2022/23. Compared with previous years, there were far fewer offences in 2020/21 and 2021/22, which may have been due to the lockdowns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also reflected in London's overall crime rate, which fell from ***** crimes per 1,000 people in 2019/20, to **** in 2020/21, before increasing to **** in 2021/22, and ***** in the most recent reporting year. Firearm homicides rare in the UK The United Kingdom has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, resulting in relatively low levels of gun crime and firearm homicides. In 2022/23 just *** percent of homicides in England and Wales were the result of shootings, compared with **** percent in the United States in 2021. The most common method of killing for homicides in England and Wales was by far the use of a sharp instrument at **** percent of homicides in the 2022/23 reporting year. London police budget rising In 2023/24 the budget for policing in London reached **** billion British pounds, compared with **** billion pounds in the previous financial year. This is the sixth-consecutive year of London's police budget increasing, compared with the period between 2013/14 and 2018/19, when it remained around *** billion pounds, and was actually smaller than in 2012/13 when the budget was **** billion. These budget increases have occurred alongside a recruitment drive for police officers. In 2023, there were ****** police officers in London, compared with just ****** in 2018.

  2. Number of firearm homicides in England and Wales 2011-2024

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    Updated Feb 10, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of firearm homicides in England and Wales 2011-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402232/england-and-wales-firearm-homicides/
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    Feb 10, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2011 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    England, United Kingdom
    Description

    In 2023/24, 22 homicide offences involved the use of a firearm in England and Wales, compared with 29 in the previous reporting year. Overall, there were 570 homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, with 262 of these involving a knife or other sharp instrument.

  3. Offences involving the use of weapons: data tables

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    Updated Sep 26, 2024
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    Office for National Statistics (2024). Offences involving the use of weapons: data tables [Dataset]. https://cy.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/offencesinvolvingtheuseofweaponsdatatables
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 26, 2024
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    Office for National Statisticshttp://www.ons.gov.uk/
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Data tables relating to offences involving weapons as recorded by police and hospital episode statistics.

  4. Homicides by method of killing in England and Wales 2024

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Homicides by method of killing in England and Wales 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/288166/homicide-method-of-killing-in-england-and-wales-uk/
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    Jun 25, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    England, United Kingdom, Wales
    Description

    Knives or other sharp objects were involved in ** percent of homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, the most of any method of killing. Homicides which involved hitting or kicking without a weapon made up **** percent of homicides, while shootings were identified as the method in *** percent of homicides. Overall, there were *** homicides in this reporting year, which was slightly lower than in the previous year, when there were ***, but noticeably higher than in 2014/15, when there were ***. Firearm homicides rare in England and Wales In 2023/24, there were *** knife homicides in England and Wales, compared with *** in 2021/22, which was the highest figure recently. By comparison, homicides which involved the use of a firearm were far less common, with just ** in the 2023/24 reporting year. Due to strict gun laws and low levels of ownership, the UK contrasts starkly with the United States, which has struggled with high levels of gun violence. Although some specialist police officers in England and Wales are licensed to carry firearms, the majority of police officers are unarmed. In 2023/24, for example, there were just ***** armed police, out of around ******* police officers. Overall knife crime on the rise Like many other types of crime, knife crime offences in the ***** started to decline at the start of the decade before creeping up again from 2014 onwards, reaching almost ****** in 2019/20. In London, where much of the media’s attention on knife crime is focused, there were ****** knife crime offences alone in 2019/20. Although this fell during subsequent reporting years, which were influenced by COVID-19 restrictions, it remains to be seen if the trend will continue. In 2023/24, the number of knife offences in the capital was higher than in any other year since 2019/20.

  5. Homicides, firearm offences and intimate violence 2010 to 2011:...

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    Updated Jan 19, 2012
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    Home Office (2012). Homicides, firearm offences and intimate violence 2010 to 2011: supplementary volume 2 to crime in England and Wales 2010 to 2011 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/homicides-firearm-offences-and-intimate-violence-2010-to-2011-supplementary-volume-2-to-crime-in-england-and-wales-2010-to-2011
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    Jan 19, 2012
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    GOV.UKhttp://gov.uk/
    Authors
    Home Office
    Area covered
    England
    Description

    Home Office Statistical Bulletin 02/12 is the second in a series of supplementary volumes that accompany the main annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin, ‘Crime in England and Wales 2010/11’. These supplementary volumes explore topics from the main annual bulletin in greater detail.

    This bulletin provides analysis of homicide offences taken from the Homicide Index collection, analysis of firearms offences and British Crime Survey findings on intimate violence.

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    NI 029 - Gun crime rate

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    Updated Jan 1, 2020
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    United Kingdom (2020). NI 029 - Gun crime rate [Dataset]. https://cloud.csiss.gmu.edu/uddi/dataset/ni-029-gun-crime-rate
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 1, 2020
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    United Kingdom
    License

    http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licencehttp://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licence

    Description

    Number of recorded firearms offences per 1,000 of the population.

  7. Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2009/10: Supplementary...

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    Updated Jan 20, 2011
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    Home Office (2011). Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2009/10: Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2009/10 2nd Edition [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/homicides-firearm-offences-and-intimate-violence-2009-10-supplementary-volume-2-to-crime-in-england-and-wales-2009-10-2nd-edition
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    Jan 20, 2011
    Dataset provided by
    GOV.UKhttp://gov.uk/
    Authors
    Home Office
    Description

    Home Office Statistical Bulletin 01/11 is the second in a series of supplementary volumes that accompany the main annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin, ‘Crime in England and Wales 2009/10’. These supplementary volumes explore topics from the main annual bulletin in greater detail.

    This bulletin provides analysis of homicide offences taken from the Homicide Index collection, analysis of firearms offences and British Crime Survey findings on intimate violence.

  8. Number of fatal police shootings England and Wales 2004-2024

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    • statista.com
    Updated Jun 2, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of fatal police shootings England and Wales 2004-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F319246%2Fpolice-fatal-shootings-england-wales%2F%23XgboD02vawLYpGJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 2, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2004 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    England, United Kingdom, Wales
    Description

    In 2023/24, the police in England and Wales fatally shot two people, compared with three in the previous reporting year, and six in 2016/17. During the same reporting year, the police used firearms twice, compared with ten times in 2022/23. In general, the police in England and Wales and in the rest of the UK do not have a tradition of carrying firearms, with the country having some of the strictest gun laws in the world. In 2023/24, out of around 147,746 police officers, just 5,861 were licensed to carry firearms in England and Wales. Comparisons with the United States Among developed economies, the United States is something of an outlier when it comes to police shootings. In 2024, it is estimated that the police in the United States fatally shot 1,173 people. There are also significant disparities based on a person's ethnicity. Between 2015 and March 2024, the rate of fatal police shootings among Black Americans was 6.1 per one million people, 2.7 per million people for Hispanic Americans and 2.4 per million people for white Americans. Gun violence overall is also far more prevalent in the United States, with 42 percent of American households owning a firearm as of 2023. Gun homicides rare in England and Wales Of the 583 homicides that took place in England and Wales in 2023/24, just 22 were committed by a person using a firearm. By far the most common method of killing was using a knife or other sharp instrument, at 262 homicides, or around 46 percent of them. Compared with twenty years ago, homicides in England and Wales have declined, falling from 1,047 in 2002/03, to just 533 in 2014/15. After this point, annual homicides rose, and by 2016/17 there were more than 700 homicides recorded in England and Wales. Although there have been some fluctuations, particularly during 2020/21 at the height of COVID-19 lockdowns.

  9. Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables

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    Updated Apr 24, 2025
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    Office for National Statistics (2025). Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables [Dataset]. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 24, 2025
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    Office for National Statisticshttp://www.ons.gov.uk/
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Police recorded crime figures by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership areas (which equate in the majority of instances, to local authorities).

  10. Number of possession of weapon offences England and Wales 2002-2024

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of possession of weapon offences England and Wales 2002-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/828895/possession-of-weapon-offences-england-and-wales/
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 30, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2002 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    England, Wales
    Description

    In 2023/24, there were approximately 58,130 possession of weapon offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, the highest number of these offences in a reporting year during this provided time period.

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    Historic police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables

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    Updated Jan 30, 2025
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    Home Office (2025). Historic police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 30, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    GOV.UK
    Authors
    Home Office
    Description

    For the latest data tables see ‘Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables’.

    These historic data tables contain figures up to September 2024 for:

    1. Police recorded crime
    2. Crime outcomes
    3. Transferred/cancelled records (formerly ‘no-crimes’)
    4. Knife crime
    5. Firearms
    6. Hate crime
    7. Fraud crime
    8. Rape incidents crime

    There are counting rules for recorded crime to help to ensure that crimes are recorded consistently and accurately.

    These tables are designed to have many uses. The Home Office would like to hear from any users who have developed applications for these data tables and any suggestions for future releases. Please contact the Crime Analysis team at crimeandpolicestats@homeoffice.gov.uk.

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    NI 029 - Gun crime rate

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    NI 029 - Gun crime rate [Dataset]. https://gimi9.com/dataset/uk_ni-029-gun-crime-rate
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    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    🇬🇧 United Kingdom

  13. Number of homicides in England and Wales 2002-2024

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of homicides in England and Wales 2002-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/283093/homicides-in-england-and-wales/
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 30, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2002 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    England, Wales
    Description

    There were 583 homicides recorded in England and Wales in 2023/24, two more than in the previous reporting year, when there were 581 homicides. Between 2002/03 and 2013/14 the number of homicides in England and Wales fell significantly, from 1,047, to 533. The recent rise in homicides has occurred alongside an increase in the overall number of crimes, with police officials linking this to long-term cuts to their manpower and resources. Knives involved in over 40 percent of homicides In the 2022/23 reporting year, homicides involving a sharp instrument were involved in 244 incidents, a decline on the previous reporting year, when there were 282 such homicides. As a proportion of all homicides, sharp instruments were the main method of killing, and were used in 41.4 percent of all homicides in 2022/23. Firearm homicides are quite rare in England and Wales with shooting homicides only accounting for 4.9 percent of all homicides in the same reporting year. Between 2011/12 and 2022/23, there were 347 firearm homicides in England and Wales, compared with 2,785 knife homicides in the same period. Homicide rate highest in North East England Although London, with 124 homicides, was the UK region with the highest number of homicides in 2022/23, it was behind North East England when it came to the homicide rate. At 15.9 homicides per one million people, the North East was ahead of London at 12.9, and the rest of England and Wales, at 10.1. When compared with the rest of the UK, the homicide rate in England and Wales was above that of Scotland, which was 9, but below Northern Ireland at 12.6. Although Scotland's homicide rate is currently lower than that of England and Wales, before 2015/16 it was consistently higher, particularly in 2004/05 when it was 27, compared with 16.4 in England and Wales.

  14. Number of homicide offences in the UK 2024, by region

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    Updated Jul 1, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of homicide offences in the UK 2024, by region [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/288221/number-of-homicides-uk-by-region/
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    Jul 1, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    In 2023/24 there were 116 homicide offences recorded in London, the most of any region of the United Kingdom during that time period. North West England, which includes the large city of Manchester had 71 homicides, and had the second-highest number of homicides. In the same reporting period, the constituent countries of Northern Ireland and Wales reported the fewest homicides, at 24 each. Homicides in the UK falling despite recent uptick Since 2002/03, all three jurisdictions of the UK; England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, have seen their homicide rates fall, with Scotland seeing the steepest decline. The most significant decline in homicides in this period occurred between 2002/03 and 2014/15, which saw the annual number of homicides in England and Wales half from over 1,000 to 500. This trend was suddenly reversed from 2015/16 onwards, with homicides rising to around 700 per year between 2016/17 and 2019/20. While homicides fell back to 583 in 2023/24, it remains to be seen if this pattern will continue. Knives used in almost half of all murders In 2022/23 a knife or other sharp instrument was used in over 41 percent of all murders in England and Wales, making this, by far, the most common method of killing in that reporting year. The overall number of knife homicides reached 244 in 2022/23, compared with 282 in the previous year, and just above the 281 reported in 2017/18. Firearm homicides were much rarer than knife homicides, with 29 taking place in the same reporting year, and homicides caused by shooting only accounting for 4.9 percent of homicides overall.

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    Social determinants of health in relation to firearm-related homicides in...

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    Updated Jun 4, 2023
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    Daniel Kim (2023). Social determinants of health in relation to firearm-related homicides in the United States: A nationwide multilevel cross-sectional study [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002978
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 4, 2023
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    Authors
    Daniel Kim
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    BackgroundGun violence has shortened the average life expectancy of Americans, and better knowledge about the root causes of gun violence is crucial to its prevention. While some empirical evidence exists regarding the impacts of social and economic factors on violence and firearm homicide rates, to the author’s knowledge, there has yet to be a comprehensive and comparative lagged, multilevel investigation of major social determinants of health in relation to firearm homicides and mass shootings.Methods and findingsThis study used negative binomial regression models and geolocated gun homicide incident data from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, to explore and compare the independent associations of key state-, county-, and neighborhood-level social determinants of health—social mobility, social capital, income inequality, racial and economic segregation, and social spending—with neighborhood firearm-related homicides and mass shootings in the United States, accounting for relevant state firearm laws and a variety of state, county, and neighborhood (census tract [CT]) characteristics. Latitude and longitude coordinates on firearm-related deaths were previously collected by the Gun Violence Archive, and then linked by the British newspaper The Guardian to CTs according to 2010 Census geographies. The study population consisted of all 74,134 CTs as defined for the 2010 Census in the 48 states of the contiguous US. The final sample spanned 70,579 CTs, containing an estimated 314,247,908 individuals, or 98% of the total US population in 2015. The analyses were based on 13,060 firearm-related deaths in 2015, with 11,244 non-mass shootings taking place in 8,673 CTs and 141 mass shootings occurring in 138 CTs. For area-level social determinants, lag periods of 3 to 17 years were examined based on existing theory, empirical evidence, and data availability. County-level institutional social capital (levels of trust in institutions), social mobility, income inequality, and public welfare spending exhibited robust relationships with CT-level gun homicide rates and the total numbers of combined non-mass and mass shooting homicide incidents and non-mass shooting homicide incidents alone. A 1–standard deviation (SD) increase in institutional social capital was linked to a 19% reduction in the homicide rate (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.81, 95% CI 0.73–0.91, p

  16. Homicide rates in England and Wales 2011-2024, by ethnicity

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Homicide rates in England and Wales 2011-2024, by ethnicity [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214177/homicide-rates-in-england-and-wales-by-ethnicity/
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    Jun 25, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2011 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    Wales, England
    Description

    Between 2021 and 2024, the homicide rate for people of the Black ethnic group was **** homicides per million population in England and Wales, far higher than that of the white ethnic group, which was *** victims per million population for the same time period.

  17. Number of knife crime offences in London 2015-2024

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    Updated Apr 14, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of knife crime offences in London 2015-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/864736/knife-crime-in-london/
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    Apr 14, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    United Kingdom (England), London
    Description

    The number of knife or sharp instrument offences recorded by the police in London rose to approximately 15,016 in 2023/24, compared with 12,786 in the previous year. This was the highest number of knife crime offences reported in London since 2019/20, when there were 15,928 offences. Between 2015/16 and 2019/20, knife crime in London increased yearly, with a particularly large increase occurring between 2016/16 and 2017/18. A wider trend The increase in knife crime witnessed in London has occurred alongside a general increase in overall crime throughout England and Wales. In 2022/23, there were approximately 6.74 million crime offences across England and Wales, compared with just over four million ten years earlier. During a similar time period, the number of knife homicides also increased, and reached 282 in 2021/22, compared with 186 in 2014/15. Due to strict gun laws in the United Kingdom, firearms are rarely used to commit homicides, with knives or other sharp instruments being used in over 41.4 percent of homicides in 2022/23. Acid and moped attacks While knife crime in London has certainly been given a lot of attention by the British media, the increase in acid and moped attacks during the same time period also generated many headlines. In 2017, for example, there were 471 acid attacks recorded by the Metropolitan Police, compared with just 51 in 2007. Moped crime also reached high levels in 2017, with both types of crime declining to much lower levels by the early 2020s. Although overall crime in London continued to rise until 2019/20, this fell back during the COVID-19 pandemic, but by 2023/24, the number of crimes committed in the capital had exceeded pre-pandemic levels.

  18. Number of homicides in London 2015-2024

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    Updated Apr 14, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of homicides in London 2015-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/862984/murders-in-london/
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 14, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    There were 116 homicides recorded by the police in London in the 2023/24 reporting year, compared with 112 in 2022/23. During this provided time period, 2017/18 had the most homicides in London at 159, with the fewest occurring in 2016/17, when there were 107. Comparisons with the rest of the UK With a homicide rate of 13.1 per million people, London had the highest homicide rate among UK regions in 2023/24. On a more localized level, the Metropolitan Police of Greater London reported a lower homicide rate than other police force areas that cover major cities, such as the West Midlands Police Force, while the highest homicide rate among UK police forces was in Cleveland, in North East England. Across England and Wales as a whole, the number of homicides in 2023/24 was 583, compared with 581 in the previous year. Knives the most common weapon used In 2022/23 there were 244 homicides in England and Wales involving a knife or other sharp instrument. As a comparison, there were just 29 homicides caused by a firearm in the same reporting year. While guns are generally difficult to obtain in the United Kingdom, knives are far more prevalent and have become a major problem for the police, particularly in London. The number of knife crime offences in London rose from 9,752 in 2015/16 to over 15,928 by 2019/20, before falling back recently, to 12,786 in 2022/23. Although 2023/24 saw a return to near pre-pandemic levels, with 15,016 offences.

  19. Number of homicides involving a knife in England and Wales 2008-2024

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    Updated Feb 10, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of homicides involving a knife in England and Wales 2008-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/978830/knife-homicides-in-england-and-wales/
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    Feb 10, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2008 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    England
    Description

    In 2023/24 there were 262 homicides involving a knife or other sharp instrument in England and Wales, compared with 243 in the previous reporting year. During the provided time period, knife homicides have fluctuated from a low of 186 in 2014/15 to the high seen in the 2017/18 reporting year.

  20. Number of people killed by police U.S. 2013-2025

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    Updated Jul 11, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of people killed by police U.S. 2013-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362796/number-people-killed-police-us/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 11, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
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    The killing of Tyre Nichols in January 2023 by Memphis Police Officers has reignited debates about police brutality in the United States. Between 2013 and 2024, over 1,000 people have been killed by police every year. Some of the most infamous examples include the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the shooting of Breonna Taylor earlier that year. Within the provided time period, the most people killed by police in the United States was in 2024, at 1,375 people. Police Violence in the U.S. Police violence is defined as any instance where a police officer’s use of force results in a civilian’s death, regardless of whether it is considered justified by the law. While many people killed by police in the U.S. were shot, other causes of death have included tasers, vehicles, and physical restraints or beatings. In the United States, the rate of police shootings is much higher for Black Americans than it is for any other ethnicity, and recent incidents of police killing unarmed Black men and women in the United States have led to widespread protests against police brutality, particularly towards communities of color. America’s Persistent Police Problem Despite increasing visibility surrounding police violence in recent years, police killings have continued to occur in the United States at a consistently high rate. In comparison to other countries, police in the U.S. have killed people at a rate three times higher than police in Canada and 60 times the rate of police in England. While U.S. police have killed people in almost all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, New Mexico was reported to have the highest rate of people killed by the police in the United States, with 8.03 people per million inhabitants killed by police.

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Statista (2025). Number of firearm offences in London 2015-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/865565/gun-crime-in-london/
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Number of firearm offences in London 2015-2024

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Dataset updated
Jun 25, 2025
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Time period covered
Apr 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2024
Area covered
United Kingdom (England), London
Description

There were ***** firearm offences recorded in London 2023/24, compared with ***** in 2022/23. Compared with previous years, there were far fewer offences in 2020/21 and 2021/22, which may have been due to the lockdowns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also reflected in London's overall crime rate, which fell from ***** crimes per 1,000 people in 2019/20, to **** in 2020/21, before increasing to **** in 2021/22, and ***** in the most recent reporting year. Firearm homicides rare in the UK The United Kingdom has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, resulting in relatively low levels of gun crime and firearm homicides. In 2022/23 just *** percent of homicides in England and Wales were the result of shootings, compared with **** percent in the United States in 2021. The most common method of killing for homicides in England and Wales was by far the use of a sharp instrument at **** percent of homicides in the 2022/23 reporting year. London police budget rising In 2023/24 the budget for policing in London reached **** billion British pounds, compared with **** billion pounds in the previous financial year. This is the sixth-consecutive year of London's police budget increasing, compared with the period between 2013/14 and 2018/19, when it remained around *** billion pounds, and was actually smaller than in 2012/13 when the budget was **** billion. These budget increases have occurred alongside a recruitment drive for police officers. In 2023, there were ****** police officers in London, compared with just ****** in 2018.

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