Knife homicides
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/6808
Version Date: 20/08/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Qliksense Report: Occurrence - People Links (all)
Filtered by Crime Date: January 1st 2021 to July 31st 2024
Offence Group: Homicide
Offender: Yes
Knife crime flag: Yes
Data Limitations:
An offender is defined as where an individual has been charged with an offence.
It is important to note, not all homicides have an identified offender and details of suspects have not been included.
Additionally an offence may involve more than one offender
As such, the number of homicides does not correlate with the number of offenders.
I would like to request under the freedom of information act, the following information about knife crime homicides
-> Yearly homicide statistics from 2021-2024 Can you show these stats in
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Year |
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
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Homicides flagged as Knife Crime related |
3 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
*To 31st July
-> monthly figures i.e. a statistic for January through to December for 2021-2024.
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Year |
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Month |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
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January |
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February |
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2 |
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March |
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April |
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1 |
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May |
1 |
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June |
1 |
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July |
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2 |
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August |
1 |
1 |
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September |
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1 |
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November |
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December |
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Total |
3 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
*To 31st July
-> Details about offenders:
-> Age
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Year |
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Age of offender |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
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0 – 19 |
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2 |
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20 – 29 |
1 |
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4 |
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30 – 39 |
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2 |
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60 – 69 |
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1 |
1 |
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80 – 89 |
1 |
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Total |
2 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
-> Ethnic background
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Year |
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Self-defined ethnicity of offender |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
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Not stated |
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1 |
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White British |
2 |
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9 |
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Total |
2 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
-> Social background: I.e. if possible what part of Devon or Cornwall did they live. Household income would also be immensely useful if possible?
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Year |
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Per/Org Local Authority of offender |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
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Cornwall & Isles of Scilly |
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1 |
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Devon |
1 |
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4 |
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Torbay |
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1 |
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Not recorded |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Total |
2 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
Household income is not recorded