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ONS · police force area: Devon and Cornwall

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Devon and Cornwall

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

3,483offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Devon and Cornwall totalled 3,483 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 22.1% (630) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Devon and Cornwall
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 862 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250500750201520202025Before: Force recording practice before the National Data Quality Improvement Service. After: Recording under the National Data Quality Improvement Service, adopted by most forces from April 2019.methodology changeYear ending March 2011: 594 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 519 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 298 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 454 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 481 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 435 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 647 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 602 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 662 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 776 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 683 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 732 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 795 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 950 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 876 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 862 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of selected serious offences recorded by each police force in England and Wales that involved a knife or sharp instrument, for every year ending March since 2011, with the England and Wales total (which includes British Transport Police).

Possession of a knife without it being used, the share of offences involving a knife (the percentage columns are not read), regional aggregates, or offences before the force joined the collection.

Source

Dataset
Police force area data tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 27d7884ef0e07dad…
All values
Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area