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ONS · police force area: Northamptonshire

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Northamptonshire

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

2,313offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Northamptonshire totalled 2,313 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 14.5% (393) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Northamptonshire
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 595 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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025Before: 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: 367 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 445 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 319 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 355 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 344 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 387 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 469 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 505 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 602 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 717 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 723 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 664 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 602 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 565 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 551 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 595 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