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ONS · police force area: Cleveland

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Cleveland

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

3,534offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Cleveland totalled 3,534 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 27.5% (763) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Cleveland
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 944 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250500750201520202025Before: Force recording practice before the National Data Quality Improvement Service. After: Recording under the National Data Quality Improvement Service, adopted by most forces from April 2019.methodology changeYear ending March 2011: 297 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 275 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 270 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 277 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 393 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 471 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 502 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 620 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 601 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 708 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 695 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 767 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 903 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 794 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 893 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 944 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of selected serious offences recorded by each police force in England and Wales that involved a knife or sharp instrument, for every year ending March since 2011, with the England and Wales total (which includes British Transport Police).

Possession of a knife without it being used, the share of offences involving a knife (the percentage columns are not read), regional aggregates, or offences before the force joined the collection.

Source

Dataset
Police force area data tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 27d7884ef0e07dad…
All values
Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area