Written questions

Knives: Crime

Commons · Question 87735 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been arrested for knife crime-related incidents in the last 12 months.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 18 Nov 2025

The Home Office collects data on arrests in England and Wales, by offence group, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series. The latest available data, to the year ending March 2025 can be accessed here: Police powers and procedures ...