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Contents

1. Statisticans comment

2.Knife and offensive weapon offences overview

3.Sentencing

4.Offending History

5.Sentencing under the Sentencing Act 2020

6. Further information

7. Future publications and contact details for any queries or feedback

8. Pre-release access

This publication presents key statistics describing the trends in the number of offenders receiving cautions and convictions for

• possession of an article with a blade or point

• possession of an offensive weapon, or

• threatening with either type of weapon

in England and Wales. Please note that cases still awaiting final decisions are no longer accounted for using estimation methodology. These are generally cases in the latest periods and are now counted as other disposals until final decisions are made unless separately specified.

Accompanying files

As well as this bulletin, the following products are published as part of this release:

• ODS format tables containing data on knife or offensive weapon offences up to June 2023

• An interactive table tool to look at previous offences involving possession of a blade, point or offensive weapon. The tool

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