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ONS · police force area: Sussex

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Sussex

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

4,086offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Sussex totalled 4,086 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 2.3% (93) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Sussex
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 891 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: 331 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 337 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 312 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 247 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 515 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 606 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 680 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 775 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 923 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,151 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 955 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 964 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,003 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,149 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,043 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 891 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