This statistic displays the number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017. During this period the number of knife possession charges that resulted in absolute or conditional discharge decreased significantly. In 2010 the number of absolute or conditional discharges amounted to 897, it declined thereafter until it reached 357 in the latest period, decrease of 540 absolute or conditional discharges.
Number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017
*The disposal given in this table is only the most severe of the disposals given as a result of the offender being found guilty and may also be dependent on other offences committed at the same time.
**On 3rd December 2012 offences involving threatening with a knife or offensive weapon in a public place or in a school premises was introduced and are included in the figures from this point on.
***Denotes where estimated figures have been used. The estimates are based on historical data changes.
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Ministry of Justice UK, & GOV.UK. (December 14, 2017). Number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/827852/knife-possession-offences-resulting-in-absolute-or-conditional-discharge/
Ministry of Justice UK, und GOV.UK. "Number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017." Chart. December 14, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827852/knife-possession-offences-resulting-in-absolute-or-conditional-discharge/
Ministry of Justice UK, GOV.UK. (2017). Number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827852/knife-possession-offences-resulting-in-absolute-or-conditional-discharge/
Ministry of Justice UK, and GOV.UK. "Number of Knife Possession Offences Resulting in Absolute or Conditional Discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Dec 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827852/knife-possession-offences-resulting-in-absolute-or-conditional-discharge/
Ministry of Justice UK & GOV.UK, Number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827852/knife-possession-offences-resulting-in-absolute-or-conditional-discharge/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of knife possession offences resulting in absolute or conditional discharge in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017 [Graph], Ministry of Justice UK, & GOV.UK, December 14, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/827852/knife-possession-offences-resulting-in-absolute-or-conditional-discharge/
