Article with a blade or point offences 2023-2024

Request

Please provide the total number of offences recorded as having an article with a blade or point in a public place (008/26; Criminal Justice Act 1988, s.139) between 1 January 2023 and 31 January 2024.

Response

I approached our Performance Review Unit for assistance with your request. An analyst within this unit has conducted a search of our Crime Management System - Connect which records complaints or allegations of those matters, which the Home Office specify should be recorded as 'crimes'. All our systems are designed and used first and foremost for Policing Purposes and have limited search capability. They provided me with the below in response and the following explanation regarding their search criteria:

Criteria used: –

SYP & crime only filter, Incident Created Date is between 01/01/2023 and 31/01/2024, HO Classification is equal to / is in 008/26

Distinct Count of Crimes = 438

Please note: –

• Extracted on 04/09/2025. Data from CONNECT crime only. This is a live recording system and may be subject to change.