Civometry

ONS · police force area: South Wales

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: South Wales

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

2,655offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for South Wales totalled 2,655 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 9.4% (276) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. South Wales
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 645 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: 360 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 355 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 375 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 345 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 368 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 378 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 438 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 574 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 679 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 801 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 802 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 649 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 625 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 723 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 662 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 645 offences · published 23 July 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

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