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GCN ARCHIVE
Firearms Offences - England and Wales 1989 - 2005
From 2004/05 the Annual
Statistics provide a more detailed breakdown of the principal weapons
involved with more categories recorded
> see Table 3.03 in
Chapter 3 of
Crime in England
and Wales. Supplement. Violent Crime Overview, Homicide and Gun Crime
2004/2005
* The National Crime
Recording Standard was introduced on 1.4.02. Figures for some
categories may be inflated by this
|
Total Offences |
| |
All |
Shotgun
(long-barrelled & sawn-off) |
Handgun |
Rifle + Imitation
+ Other + Unidentified |
Airgun |
| 1989 |
9502 |
1313 |
1983 |
1169 |
5037 |
| 1990 |
10373 |
1193 |
2537 |
1263 |
5380 |
| 1991 |
12129 |
1569 |
3430 |
1666 |
5464 |
| 1992 |
13341 |
1494 |
4023 |
1726 |
6098 |
| 1993 |
14067 |
1592 |
4273 |
1865 |
6337 |
| 1994 |
13167 |
1190 |
3087 |
1725 |
7165 |
| 1995 |
13434 |
984 |
3318 |
1564 |
7568 |
| 1996 |
13876 |
933 |
3347 |
1783 |
7813 |
| 1997 |
12410 |
580 |
2648 |
1676 |
7506 |
| 1997/98 |
12805 |
565 |
2636 |
1702 |
7902 |
| |
|
|
|
Rifle + Other
+ Unidentified |
Imitation |
|
| 1998/99 |
13874 |
642 |
2687 |
1314 |
566 |
8665 |
| 1999/00 |
16946 |
693 |
3685 |
1642 |
823 |
10103 |
| 2000/01 |
17967 |
608 |
4109 |
1966 |
787 |
10227 |
| 2001/02 |
22400 |
712 |
5874 |
2192 |
1245 |
12377 |
|
2002/03* |
24070 |
671 |
5549 |
2230 |
1815 |
13822 |
|
2003/04 |
24094 |
718 |
5144 |
2330 |
2146 |
13756 |
|
2004/05 |
22798 |
598 |
4347 |
2695 |
3333 |
11825 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Injury by being fired, used as a blunt instrument or in a threat |
| |
All |
Shotgun |
Handgun |
Rifle + Imitation
+ Other + Unidentified |
Airgun |
| 1989 |
2164 |
164 |
123 |
115 |
1762 |
| 1990 |
2152 |
163 |
160 |
83 |
1746 |
| 1991 |
2132 |
188 |
230 |
85 |
1629 |
| 1992 |
2319 |
183 |
290 |
124 |
1722 |
| 1993 |
2348 |
219 |
393 |
158 |
1578 |
| 1994 |
2241 |
179 |
317 |
154 |
1591 |
| 1995 |
2056 |
146 |
299 |
201 |
1410 |
| 1996 |
1981 |
104 |
279 |
386 |
1212 |
| 1997 |
1972 |
71 |
314 |
393 |
1194 |
| 1997/98 |
2074 |
74 |
317 |
413 |
1270 |
| 1998/99 |
2378 |
73 |
239 |
552 |
1514 |
| 1999/00 |
3172 |
100 |
352 |
743 |
1977 |
| 2000/01 |
3203 |
73 |
400 |
909 |
1821 |
| 2001/02 |
3767 |
111 |
648 |
1118 |
1915 |
|
2002/03* |
4556 |
107 |
640 |
1432 |
2377 |
|
2003/04 |
4762 |
104 |
590 |
1673 |
2395 |
|
2004/05 |
5358 |
136 |
779 |
2941 |
1502 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Homicide |
| |
All |
Shotgun |
Handgun |
Rifle + Imitation + Other + Unidentified |
Airgun |
|
| 1989 |
45 |
|
|
|
|
| 1990 |
60 |
|
|
|
| 1991 |
55 |
|
|
|
| 1992 |
56 |
|
|
|
| 1993 |
74 |
|
|
|
| 1994 |
66 |
|
|
|
| 1995 |
70 |
|
|
|
| 1996 |
49 |
|
|
|
| 1997 |
59 |
|
|
|
| 1997/98 |
54 |
|
|
|
| 1998/99 |
49 |
|
|
|
| 1999/00 |
62 |
19 |
42 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2000/01 |
73 |
14 |
47 |
11 |
1 |
| 2001/02 |
97 |
21 |
59 |
15 |
2 |
| 2002/03 |
81 |
14 |
40 |
26 |
1 |
| 2003/04 |
68 |
11 |
35 |
22 |
0 |
| 2004/05 |
78 |
23 |
37 |
17 |
1 |
Source:
Crime in England
and Wales. Supplement. Violent Crime Overview, Homicide and Gun Crime
2004/2005
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Latest Quarterly Report
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