Crimes in Schools

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007780/G

 

Version Date: 07/04/2025

 

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

 

Data source :

Force crime recording system - Niche          

           

Data Processing:     

Qliksense Occurrences - people links (all) app         

Crimed date between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2024   

Offence group -          

Homicide        

Violence with Injury    

Violence without Injury          

Stalking and Harassment      

Death or Serious Injury caused by Unlawful Driving

Rape  

Other Sexual Offences         

Robbery         

Possession of Weapons        

Public Order Offences           

MO Location - all containing college or school         

Restricted crime excluded     

           

Note:  

All knife crimes are those with a knife crime flag and any containing word 'blade'  

Knife crimes with injury are all knife crimes in the Violence with Injury offence group        

No offences of violent disorder or riot were recorded at schools during the period  

1a) Number of violent crimes recorded in schools in each calendar year (separately) from 2014 to 2024.

 

Year	Recorded
2014	445
2015	444
2016	565
2017	767
2018	791
2019	792
2020	532
2021	686
2022	908
2023	917
2024	1182

1b) Number of arrests for violent crimes recorded in schools in each calendar year (separately) from 2014 to 2024.

 

Year	Arrest linked
2014	51
2015	33
2016	37
2017	29
2018	11
2019	26
2020	15
2021	26
2022	23
2023	17
2024	3

 2a) Number of knife crimes recorded in schools in each calendar year (separately) from 2014 to 2024.

 

Year	Recorded
2014	10
2015	8
2016	8
2017	13
2018	18
2019	41
2020	20
2021	25
2022	34
2023	38
2024	52

2b) Number of arrests for knife crimes recorded in schools in each calendar year (separately) from 2014 to 2024.

 

Year	Arrest linked
2014	2
2015	3
2016	1
2017	1
2018	0
2019	1
2020	1
2021	3
2022	0
2023	0
2024	0

3a) Number of knife crimes with injury recorded in schools in each calendar year (separately) from 2014 to 2024.

 

Year	Recorded
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	5
2020	2
2021	6
2022	5
2023	8
2024	16

3b) Number of arrests for knife crimes with injury recorded in schools in each calendar year (separately) from 2014 to 2024.

 

Year	Arrest linked
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	1
2022	0
2023	0
2024	0