This statistic displays the number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017. During the period observed the number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine fluctuated. In 2010 the number of fines amounted to 14, it declined thereafter until 2012 when the number of fines came to a low of six. Since then the number of fines increased to 11 fines in the latest period.
Number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine 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 by children, resulting in a fine in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/829968/knife-possession-offences-by-children-resulting-in-a-fine/
Ministry of Justice UK, und GOV.UK. "Number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017." Chart. December 14, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829968/knife-possession-offences-by-children-resulting-in-a-fine/
Ministry of Justice UK, GOV.UK. (2017). Number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829968/knife-possession-offences-by-children-resulting-in-a-fine/
Ministry of Justice UK, and GOV.UK. "Number of Knife Possession Offences by Children, Resulting in a Fine in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Dec 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/829968/knife-possession-offences-by-children-resulting-in-a-fine/
Ministry of Justice UK & GOV.UK, Number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine in England and Wales from 2010 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/829968/knife-possession-offences-by-children-resulting-in-a-fine/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Number of knife possession offences by children, resulting in a fine 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/829968/knife-possession-offences-by-children-resulting-in-a-fine/
