Knife Crime (FOI Ref 188A/25)
Request
- The number of knife possession reports in Birmingham for the time period of 2024
- The exact ages of the suspects involved
- Ages of victims (if applicable to associated crimes)
- The outcomes for the weapon possession reports
- A list of the types of knives involved
We clarified with you on 28 Jan 2025 and you replied on 5th Feb 2025
Your amended request reads:
Time period required is 1st Jan 2024 to 31st Dec 2024
Q1. For the above time period please provide the number of recorded knife crime offences. Please provide in months if possible. (please list in Offence title)
Q2. For those recorded in question 1 please provide the outcomes (outcomes for all offence titles in question1)
Q3. For those recorded crime in question 1 please provide suspect ages
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
Q1. For the above time period please provide the number of recorded knife crime offences. Please provide in months if possible. (please list in Offence title)
**In alphabetical order**
|
2024 |
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|
Offence Title |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Assault Police - s.18 - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Assault with Injury - s.20 - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm |
14 |
16 |
14 |
11 |
15 |
19 |
10 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
|
Assault with Injury - s.47 - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
12 |
12 |
20 |
23 |
16 |
15 |
10 |
17 |
13 |
7 |
13 |
10 |
|
Assault with intent to rob (Of a Business Property) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Assault with intent to rob (Of Personal Property) |
10 |
6 |
13 |
8 |
18 |
9 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
|
Attempted - Racially or religiously aggravated wounding or grievous bodily harm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Attempted - Robbery (of a Business Property) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Attempted - Robbery (of Personal Property) |
17 |
16 |
24 |
27 |
14 |
15 |
18 |
21 |
21 |
18 |
17 |
10 |
|
Attempted - s.18 - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm |
9 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
13 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
|
Attempted murder |
4 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
|
Attempted rape of a female aged 16 or over |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Murder - of persons aged 1 year or over |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated assault or assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated wounding or grievous bodily harm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rape of a female aged 13 - 15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rape of a female aged 16 or over |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
Rape of a female child under 13 by a male |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Rape of a male child under 13 by a male |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Robbery (of a Business Property) |
18 |
9 |
23 |
15 |
11 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
11 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
|
Robbery (of Personal Property) |
107 |
142 |
115 |
121 |
99 |
111 |
106 |
107 |
86 |
86 |
96 |
58 |
|
s.18 - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm |
65 |
72 |
85 |
69 |
68 |
90 |
73 |
60 |
74 |
70 |
50 |
71 |
|
Send communication threatening death or serious harm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 or over - no penetration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 or over - penetration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 or over - no penetration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 or over - penetration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Threats to kill |
27 |
26 |
25 |
26 |
34 |
29 |
13 |
25 |
22 |
38 |
37 |
24 |
|
Grand Total |
291 |
306 |
331 |
325 |
295 |
317 |
266 |
297 |
266 |
270 |
260 |
226 |
Q2. For those recorded in question 1 please provide the outcomes (outcomes for all offence titles in question1)
|
2024 |
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|
Outcome Description |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Caution – Adult (Inc Conditional Caution) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Caution - Youth (Inc Conditional Caution) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Charge or Summons |
34 |
43 |
33 |
50 |
36 |
33 |
28 |
44 |
27 |
29 |
27 |
24 |
|
Community Resolution |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Evidential Difficulties - Victim Based - Named suspect not identified |
50 |
38 |
36 |
43 |
22 |
45 |
34 |
44 |
46 |
35 |
33 |
8 |
|
Further action will be taken by another body |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Investigation Complete: No suspect identified |
117 |
121 |
136 |
124 |
124 |
111 |
111 |
105 |
96 |
81 |
90 |
51 |
|
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support) |
57 |
67 |
73 |
67 |
65 |
69 |
51 |
69 |
47 |
62 |
43 |
49 |
|
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support) |
24 |
29 |
36 |
26 |
31 |
33 |
24 |
13 |
23 |
19 |
26 |
15 |
|
The Offender has Died (all offences) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not recorded |
5 |
7 |
15 |
11 |
13 |
22 |
16 |
22 |
26 |
44 |
40 |
76 |
|
Grand Total |
291 |
306 |
331 |
325 |
295 |
317 |
266 |
297 |
266 |
270 |
260 |
226 |
**Not recorded in an outcome indicates that the matter may still be being investigated**
Q3. For those recorded crime in question 1 please provide suspect ages
It is important to note that there may be more suspects than crimes recorded and outcomes, this is because there may be multiple suspects on a one recorded crime, which can have multiple outcomes.
|
Suspect Age |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Under 10 years |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 to 19 years |
64 |
104 |
71 |
89 |
109 |
95 |
67 |
84 |
50 |
80 |
66 |
54 |
|
20 to 29 years |
32 |
60 |
50 |
64 |
42 |
39 |
45 |
64 |
33 |
42 |
29 |
36 |
|
30 to 39 years |
29 |
34 |
49 |
42 |
44 |
42 |
20 |
39 |
45 |
32 |
38 |
33 |
|
40 to 49 years |
19 |
20 |
31 |
29 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
35 |
21 |
26 |
16 |
28 |
|
50 to 59 years |
3 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
|
60 to 69 years |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
|
70 to 84 years |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Not recorded |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Grand Total |
149 |
223 |
216 |
246 |
225 |
203 |
159 |
237 |
160 |
195 |
159 |
168 |
Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
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