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Offensive Weapons: Greater London

Answer

[holding answer 12 September 2007]: Available information relates to offences currently recorded as homicide that were caused by (a) shooting, which includes crossbows as well as guns and (b) a sharp instrument, which includes other sharp instruments as well as knives.The number of homicides recorded by the City of London and Metropolitan Police Services between 1995 and 2005-06, where the victim is aged under 18, is given in the following table. Centrally-collected data cannot be broken down by London borough. Police force area breakdowns for homicides recorded during 2006-07 are scheduled to be published in January 2008.

Offences currently¹ recorded as homicide where victim is aged under 18: City of London and Metropolitan Police 1995 to 2005-06²
	Year offence initially recorded as homicide³
Police force area/apparent method	1995	1996	1997	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
City of London:
Shooting4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sharp instrument5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
All methods	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Metropolitan:
Shooting4	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	3	—	2	—	—
Sharp instrument5	5	5	5	6	3	5	9	6	5	2	1	6
All methods	18	15	22	22	18	12	19	16	23	17	13	17
¹ As at 9 October 2006; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.
² 2006-07 data will be published in January 2008.
³ Offences are shown according to the year in which police initially recorded them as homicide. This is not necessarily the year in which the incident took place or the year in which any court decision was made.
4 Includes shooting by crossbows as well as firearms.
5 Includes other sharp instruments as well as knives.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

155142; 463 c2362W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Greater London Offensive weapons

Link

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