FOI 423-2025 / Apr 2025 / Knives
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 423-3025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 9TH April 2025 as follows:
Please can you provide the following information for the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 calendar years:
Q1. How many knives were seized by police following stop and search
Q2. How many knives were seized by police from people aged under 18 following stop and search
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
When reviewing the information please note that it was obtained from Stop/Search data where ‘knife/bladed article’ was indicated to have been found. Due to system changes, the information is only available from 2022 onwards.
Please note that the numerical data presented below is an unaudited snapshot of unpublished data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.
Q1 response:
|
Year |
Total |
|
2022 |
23 |
|
2023 |
23 |
|
2024 |
28 |
|
Grand Total |
74* |
*Searches resulting in just razor blade(s) being found have not been included
Q2 response:
|
Year |
Total |
|
2022 |
9 |
|
2023 |
6 |
|
2024 |
6 |
|
Grand Total |
21 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible; however, the data is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, therefore care should be taken to ensure data collection processes, and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB