Carrying of offensive weapons (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States of Jersey Police and published on 05 June 2019.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

​Request

A

How many arrests have been made for people illegally carrying illegal weapons for the last five years, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

B

Can I get a break down of what the arrests were made for, eg what the weapon was.

Response

A and B

​Weapon	2014​	2015​	2016​	2017​	2018​	Total​
​Knife	​13	8​	11​	9​	6​	​47
​Metal Bar	​	​1	​	6​	​	​7
​Wooden pole	​	​1	1​	1​	2​	​5
​Hammer	​2	​	1​	​2	​	​5
​Baseball bat	​1	​2	​	1​	​	​4
​Belt	​1	2​	​	​	​	​3
​Scissors	​1	1​	​	​	​	​2
​Knuckle duster	​	​	​	​	​1	​2
​Screwdriver	​1	​	​	​1	​	​2
​Bottle	​	​1	​	​	1​	​2
​Pool cue	​	​2	​	​	​	​2
​Axe	​	​	​2	​	​	​2
​Machete	​1	​	​	​	​	​1
​BB gun	​	​1	​	​	​	​1
​Meat cleaver	​1	​	​	​	​	​1
​Chain	​	​	​	​1	​	​1
​Dumb-bell	​	​1	​	​	​	​1
​Total	21​	20​	16​	21​	10​	88​