Update to knife crime statistics (FOI)

Request 702609895

Could you update the below FOI for the full year 2024 - also broken down by age as in the previous FOI. Thanks. 

Knife crime offences 2023 to 21 June 2024 (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office

Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 18 July 2024.

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Request

A

Please confirm the number of crimes recorded that involved a knife, for each year during the period 2019 to 2024.

B

For each year, please provide a breakdown of the type of offence.

Response

This response follows the format of the below linked 2023 Freedom of Information response (referenced in the above request).

Knife crime offences 2019 to November 2023 (FOI)

The responses to all questions for this current request cover the period of 1 January 2023 to 21 June 2024.

Response

Please see attached tables. Knife crime, as defined here, broadly relates to two kinds of behaviour. The first relates to people owning or possessing knives when doing so is illegal. This may be because their ownership is specifically banned, such as certain (de facto or ‘made’) offensive weapons, or because they are illegal in certain contexts, mainly being possessed in public without good reason. These are so-called State or Rex crimes and do not involve a victim. The second behaviour relates to the use of a knife in the commission of another offence, so-called ‘knife-involved offences’. Typically, this relates to violence or threats against the person, larceny, break and entry or malicious damage. ​​

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