ENGLAND & WALES

From 2004/05 the Annual Statistics provide a more detailed breakdown of the principal weapons involved with more categories recorded.

For "A Guide to and Review of Home Office Gun Crime Statistics" see Hales (2006)

* The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1.4.02.  Figures for some categories may be inflated by this

Data from 1989 onwards are now included in the GCN Archive.

Total Offences
 

All

Shotgun

 Handgun Imitation Other weapon

Air weapon
1999/00

16946

  693

3685

 823 1642

10103
2000/01

17967

  608

4109

 787 1966

10227
2001/02

22400

  712

5874

 1245 2192

12377
2002/03* 24070   671 5549 1815 2230 13822
2003/04 24094   718 5144 2146 2330 13756
2004/05 22798   598 4347 3333 2695 11825
2005/06 21521 642 4671 3275 2496 10437
2006/07 18489 613 4175 2517 2345 8839
2007/08 17343 602 4172 2562 2529 7478
2008/09 14250 619 4275 1511 1803 6042
 

Injury by being fired, used as a blunt instrument or in a threat
 

All

Shotgun

Handgun

Other weapon

 Air weapon
1999/00

3172

100

352

  743

 1977
2000/01

3203

  73

400

  909

 1821
2001/02

3794

111

648

1120

 1915
2002/03* 4556 107 640 1432 2377
2003/04 4762 104 590 1673 2395
2004/05 5402 135 780 2989 1498
2005/06 5004 154 1024 2644 1182
2006/07 4065 128 792 2091 1054
2007/08 4164 157 881 2201 923
2008/09 2458 137 493 1134 694

Homicide
 

All

Shotgun

Handgun

Other weapon

 Airgun
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
2005/06 50 11 22 16 1
2006/07 59 9 27 20 3
2007/08 53 3 39 11 0
2008/09 39 7 28 4 0

 

Source: Home Office Statistical Bulletin 01/09 - Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2008/09 (Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2008/09)

 

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