Youth knife crime
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007214/I
Version Date: 19/11/2024
I would like to know how many knife-related offences were carried out by 10-17 year olds as well as how many were charged with the offence separately in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 so far.
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Time Frame for data:
01/01/2022 - 24/10/2024
Data Source:
Force Crime Recording System Niche
Data Processing:
QlikSense report Occurrence People Links (all) filtered on
Created Date: 01/01/2022 - 24/10/2024
Crime Only: Yes
Knife Crime: Yes
Suspect or Offender: Yes
Age at Time: 10-17
Data extracted to excel
QlikSense report Occurrence People Links (all) filtered on
Outcome Date: 01/01/2022 - 24/10/2024
Crime Only: Yes
Knife Crime: Yes
Suspect or Offender: Yes
Age at Time: 10-17
Outcome: Charged and Summonsed/postal requisition
Data extracted to excel
Data Limitations:
Offences can have multiple recorded suspect/offenders. This data is representative of the number of offences recorded.
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Number of knife related offences recorded by Devon and Cornwall Police between 01/01/2022 - 24/10/2024, where at least 1 of the suspect/offenders was age 10-17 at the time of the offence. |
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2022 |
205 |
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2023 |
385 |
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2024 |
346 |
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Number of charges for knife related offences recorded by Devon and Cornwall Police where at least 1 of the suspect/offenders was age 10-17 at the time of the offence, for offences with an outcome date between 01/01/2022 - 24/10/2024 |
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2022 |
17 |
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2023 |
29 |
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2024 |
24 |