Firearms offences - youths (FOI Ref: 891/26)
Request
1) For the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial year please state how many juveniles (children aged UNDER 18) you arrested on suspicion of having committed a firearms offence.
2) For the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial year please provide a grid showing the number of arrests for each individual age from 10 to 17 inclusive.
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
1) For the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial year please state how many juveniles (children aged UNDER 18) you arrested on suspicion of having committed a firearms offence.
|
Reason for Arrest |
2024-25 |
2025-26 |
Total |
|
Possession of Firearms Offences |
60 |
76 |
136 |
|
Possession of Firearms with intent |
14 |
15 |
29 |
|
Total |
74 |
91 |
165 |
2) For the (i) 2024/25 and (ii) 2025/26 financial year please provide a grid showing the number of arrests for each individual age from 10 to 17 inclusive.
|
Year |
Possession of Firearms Offences |
Possession of Firearms with intent |
Total |
|
2024-25 |
60 |
14 |
74 |
|
12 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
13 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
14 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
|
15 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
16 |
20 |
5 |
25 |
|
17 |
19 |
6 |
25 |
|
2025-26 |
76 |
15 |
91 |
|
11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
12 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
13 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
14 |
14 |
2 |
16 |
|
15 |
10 |
4 |
14 |
|
16 |
23 |
2 |
25 |
|
17 |
25 |
7 |
32 |
|
Total |
136 |
29 |
165 |
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. Consequently, 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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