Knife crime in under 18 yr olds (834A/22)

12 July 2022 | Incident and Crime Statistics

Request

Response

1: How many under 18 boys in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been arrested on suspicion of carrying a knife/bladed article?

 

Date	Total
2017	292
2018	178
2019	172
2020	180
2021	479
01/01/2022-29/06/2022	401
Grand Total	1702

 

Please note that this data is based those arrested for possession of such an item.

 

2: How many under 18 girls in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been arrested on suspicion of carrying a knife/bladed article?

Date	Total
2017	16
2018	6
2019	15
2020	1
2021	14
01/01/2022-29/06/2022	7
Grand Total	59

 

Please note that this data is based those arrested for possession of such an item.

3: How many under 18 boys in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been charged with GBH/ABH where a knife/bladed article was used?

Year	Total
2017	19
2018	4
2019	4
2020	0
2021	2
01/01/2022-29/06/2022	0
Total	29

 

 

4: How many under 18 girls in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been charged with GBH/ABH where a knife/bladed article was used?

Year	Total
2017	0
2018	1
2019	2
2020	0
2021	0
01/01/2022-29/06/2022	0
Total	3

 

5: How many under 18 boys in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been convicted of GBH/ABH where a knife/bladed article was used?

Information not held, West Midlands Police are unable to provide convictions.  Convictions are created at Court, and as such Her Majesties Court Services hold this information.

6: How many under 18 girls in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been convicted of GBH/ABH where a knife/bladed article was used?

Information not held, West Midlands Police are unable to provide convictions.  Convictions are created at Court, and as such Her Majesties Court Services hold this information.

7: How many under 18 boys in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been charged with murder where the cause of death was an attack involving a knife/bladed article?

See Q8

8: How many under 18 girls in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been charged with murder where the cause of death was an attack involving a knife/bladed article?

 

Year	Girls	Boys	Grand Total
2017		3	3
2018		7	7
2019		5	5
2020	1	3	4
2021		6	6
2022		3	3

 

9: How many under 18 boys in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been convicted of murder after an attack involving a knife/bladed article?

Information not held, West Midlands Police are unable to provide convictions.  Convictions are created at Court, and as such Her Majesties Court Services hold this information.

10: How many under 18 girls in the following years – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 – have been convicted of murder after an attack involving a knife/bladed article?

Information not held, West Midlands Police are unable to provide convictions.  Convictions are created at Court, and as such Her Majesties Court Services hold this information.

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.

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