Juvenile Firearms offences (636A/23)
Request
1. For each of the last three financial years (20/21), (21/22) and (22/23) please state how many juveniles (children aged UNDER 18) you arrested on suspicion of having committed a firearms offence.
2. For the (22/23) year please provide a grid showing the number of arrests for each individual age from 10 to 17 inclusive.
By “firearms offences” I mean the following crimes with their Home Office coding:
• 10A Possession of firearms with intent,
• 10B Possession of firearms offences,
• 81.3 Other firearms offences
• 115 Firearms Act offences
• 81.1 and 81.2 Firearms Offence
3. For each case where a sanction was imposed please detail what this sanction was
Response
- For each of the last three financial years (20/21), (21/22) and (22/23) please state how many juveniles (children aged UNDER 18) you arrested on suspicion of having committed a firearms offence.
By “firearms offences” I mean the following crimes with their Home Office coding:
- 10A Possession of firearms with intent,
- 10B Possession of firearms offences,
- 81.3 Other firearms offences
- 115 Firearms Act offences
- 81.1 and 81.2 Firearms Offence
| Financial Year | No. Records |
| 2020-21 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | 45 |
| 2022-23 | 82 |
| Total | 129 |
- For the (22/23) year please provide a grid showing the number of arrests for each individual age from 10 to 17 inclusive
| Age | No. Records |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 |
| 15 | 18 |
| 16 | 18 |
| 17 | 33 |
| Total | 82 |
- For each case where a sanction was imposed please detail what this sanction was
| Outcome | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | Total |
| Bail to Police Station | 2 | 19 | 21 | |
| Charge | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| Community Resolution | 1 | 1 | ||
| Detained for Court – Breach of Bail | 1 | 1 | ||
| Refused Charge (NFA) | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| Released Under Investigation | 1 | 32 | 41 | 74 |
| Total | 2 | 45 | 82 | 129 |
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
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