Firearm Offences

Reference number: 
20080428
Request date: 
10/2008
Response date: 
10/10/2008 (All day)
Request details: 

Please provide data on the following firearms offences for the year to December 2007, plus the previous four years:

1. Simple possession of a firearm.
2. Trafficking of firearms.
3. Adaptation of a firearm.
4. Other firearms offences not included in above categories 1 to 3, which are also not included the statistical bulletin data.
 
The aim of this inquiry is to determine how many firearms offences are recorded by your force, but which are not included in the statistical bulletin.

Exemptions Applied: 

NONE

SYP response: 

Please find the data below in response to your questions.

Please Note: There will always be a large number of offences which are not firearms offences per se where a firearm has been used eg. A robbery involving a firearm, or criminal damage where a BB gun has been fired at a building or item of personal property. These are not firearms offences and are therefore not covered by the statistics provides.  

2003

  1. Possession of a firearm         6
  2. Trafficking of a firearm            0
  3. Adaptation of a firearm            0
  4. Other firearms offences         35

2004

  1. Possession of a firearm         17
  2. Trafficking of a firearm            0
  3. Adaptation of a firearm            0
  4. Other firearms offences         62

2005

  1. Possession of a firearm         12
  2. Trafficking of a firearm            0
  3. Adaptation of a firearm            0
  4. Other firearms offences         53

2006

  1. Possession of a firearm         9
  2. Trafficking of a firearm            0
  3. Adaptation of a firearm            0
  4. Other firearms offences         55

2007

  1. Possession of a firearm         13
  2. Trafficking of a firearm            0
  3. Adaptation of a firearm            0
  4. Other firearms offences         40

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