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ONS · police force area: Lancashire

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Lancashire

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

4,695offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Lancashire totalled 4,695 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 21.3% (824) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Lancashire
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 1125 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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k201520202025Before: 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: 590 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 587 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 516 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 568 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 523 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 543 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 707 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 755 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,000 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 974 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 880 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,017 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,006 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,259 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,305 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 1,125 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