Knife Crime in Exeter
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007306/L
Version Date: 11/12/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Time Frame for data:
01/04/2019 - 30/09/2024
Data Source:
Force Crime Recording System Niche
Data Processing:
QlikSense report Crime and Outcomes filtered on
Include No Crimes: No
Notifiable Crime Only: Yes
Home Office Offence Group Description:
Assault with Injury
Assault with Injury on a Constable
Assault with Injury on an Emergency Worker (other than a constable)
Assault with Intent to Cause Serious Harm
Attempted Murder
Murder
Rape of a Female aged 16 and ove
Rape of a Female Child under 13
Rape of a Female Child under 16
Rape of a Male aged 16 and over
Rape of a Male Child under 13
Rape of a Male Child under 16
Robbery of Business Property
Robbery of Personal Property
Sexual Assault on a Female aged 13 and over
Sexual Assault on a Female Child under 13
Sexual Assault on a Male aged 13 and over
Sexual Assault on a Male Child under 13
Threats to Kill
Crimed Date: 01/04/2019 - 30/09/2024
Knife Crime: Yes
Sub Sector: Exeter
Data extracted to excel
Data uploaded onto Blue8 mapping system and mapped for University of Exeter sites
Data Limitations:
Police provide data to the Home Office using the National Data Quality Improvement Service, (NDQIS) which is a tool supplied and approved by the Home Office.
For knife crime, the collection focuses on offences where a knife or sharp instrument was involved in the commission of the following offences:
Attempted murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Robbery, Threats to kill, Assault with injury and assault with intent to cause serious harm. There are additional criteria as to what constitutes a knife or sharp weapon.
This data has been supplied using the same methodology.
Data for question 3 is dependent upon accurate recording of easting and northing.
Information not held from 01/01/2014 – 31/03/2019.
- Please provide a table showing the number of serious crimes involving knives or sharp instruments recorded in the city of Exeter per year, 2014-2024
a. Please also break down the 2024 figures by month
b. Please also divide the numbers by category of crime - murder, assault, rape/sexual assault etc
|
Home Office Offence Group Description |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
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|
Assault with Injury |
16 |
18 |
27 |
31 |
41 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Assault with Injury on an Emergency Worker (other than a constable) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Assault with Intent to Cause Serious Harm |
12 |
19 |
20 |
13 |
18 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
Attempted Murder |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Murder |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rape of a Female aged 16 and over |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rape of a Male aged 16 and over |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Robbery of Business Property |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Robbery of Personal Property |
22 |
10 |
20 |
15 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
Sexual Assault on a Female aged 13 and over |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Sexual Assault on a Female Child under 13 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sexual Assault on a Male aged 13 and over |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Threats to Kill |
2 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Total |
55 |
57 |
84 |
74 |
90 |
14 |
9 |
14 |
9 |
14 |
10 |
6 |
12 |
11 |
- Which street/local area has recorded the most number of knife/sharp object serious crimes over the period 2014-2024?
a. What about in the year of 2024? If data is not available for 2024, what about for 2023?
Sidwell Street in Exeter had the highest number of recorded serious knife crime offences in the period 01/04/2019 - 30/09/2024.
- Have any of the reported incidents occurred on the grounds of the University of Exeter, either on the Streatham or St Lukes campus? If yes, please indicate when they occurred, and what the nature of such incidents were
|
Home Office Offence Group Description |
Date |
University of Exeter Site Name |
|
|
Assault with Injury |
19/09/2022 |
Streatham Campus |
|
|
Assault with Injury |
13/12/2022 |
Streatham Campus |
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If the request will exceed the allotted hours, please answer the same questions but with data from 2019 not 2014.