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Possession of weapons (police-recorded) by community safety partnership

The number of police-recorded possession of weapons offences in each Community Safety Partnership area (a local authority or group of local authorities) in England and Wales in the year ending March, including the 'Unassigned' rows for offences a force could not place in a partnership area.

latest 12 months to Year ending March 2026; 1 quarters summed · total 61,540 offences

Community Safety Partnership	Latest 12 months	Share	Previous 12 months	Change
Birmingham	3,364	5.5%	3,006	▲ 11.9%
Manchester	1,410	2.3%	1,347	▲ 4.7%
Leeds	949	1.5%	826	▲ 14.9%
Sheffield	866	1.4%	875	▼ 1%
Unassigned Kent	816	1.3%	704	▲ 15.9%
Sandwell	765	1.2%	648	▲ 18.1%
Nottingham	757	1.2%	800	▼ 5.4%
Crawley	677	1.1%	739	▼ 8.4%
Coventry	661	1.1%	600	▲ 10.2%
Liverpool	635	1%	552	▲ 15%
Salford	563	0.9%	466	▲ 20.8%
Walsall	543	0.9%	551	▼ 1.5%
Dudley	520	0.8%	440	▲ 18.2%
Bolton	519	0.8%	461	▲ 12.6%
Wigan	506	0.8%	430	▲ 17.7%
Wolverhampton	494	0.8%	558	▼ 11.5%
Doncaster	490	0.8%	485	▲ 1%
Southampton	486	0.8%	465	▲ 4.5%
Stoke-on-Trent	474	0.8%	464	▲ 2.2%
County Durham	472	0.8%	378	▲ 24.9%
Bradford	471	0.8%	441	▲ 6.8%
Cornwall	448	0.7%	413	▲ 8.5%
Derby	443	0.7%	268	▲ 65.3%
Cardiff	438	0.7%	341	▲ 28.4%
Northampton	435	0.7%	437	▼ 0.5%
Oldham	432	0.7%	488	▼ 11.5%
Plymouth	432	0.7%	447	▼ 3.4%
Brighton and Hove	428	0.7%	468	▼ 8.5%
Bristol, City of	421	0.7%	459	▼ 8.3%
Peterborough	421	0.7%	397	▲ 6%
Tameside	408	0.7%	358	▲ 14%
Newcastle upon Tyne	405	0.7%	413	▼ 1.9%
Portsmouth	398	0.6%	425	▼ 6.4%
Leicester	396	0.6%	404	▼ 2%
Rotherham	390	0.6%	395	▼ 1.3%
Westminster	386	0.6%	326	▲ 18.4%
Rochdale	374	0.6%	336	▲ 11.3%
Kirklees	358	0.6%	369	▼ 3%
Lewisham	358	0.6%	241	▲ 48.5%
Southwark	350	0.6%	253	▲ 38.3%
Lambeth	344	0.6%	258	▲ 33.3%
North Yorkshire	343	0.6%	306	▲ 12.1%
Wakefield	334	0.5%	298	▲ 12.1%
Blackpool	330	0.5%	321	▲ 2.8%
Luton	321	0.5%	276	▲ 16.3%
North Hampshire	321	0.5%	252	▲ 27.4%
Cheshire East	318	0.5%	245	▲ 29.8%
South Nottinghamshire	318	0.5%	265	▲ 20%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	317	0.5%	290	▲ 9.3%
Newham	317	0.5%	275	▲ 15.3%
Western Suffolk	315	0.5%	264	▲ 19.3%
Stockport	314	0.5%	362	▼ 13.3%
Croydon	313	0.5%	278	▲ 12.6%
Hackney	307	0.5%	220	▲ 39.5%
Tower Hamlets	306	0.5%	228	▲ 34.2%
Barnsley	304	0.5%	326	▼ 6.7%
Somerset	302	0.5%	278	▲ 8.6%
Brent	294	0.5%	227	▲ 29.5%
Solihull	294	0.5%	295	▼ 0.3%
Haringey	287	0.5%	189	▲ 51.9%
Sunderland	283	0.5%	298	▼ 5%
Trafford	280	0.5%	242	▲ 15.7%
Bury	273	0.4%	274	▼ 0.4%
Middlesbrough	272	0.4%	252	▲ 7.9%
North Worcestershire	262	0.4%	242	▲ 8.3%
Cwm Taf	260	0.4%	212	▲ 22.6%
Preston	255	0.4%	244	▲ 4.5%
Enfield	250	0.4%	264	▼ 5.3%
Northumberland	248	0.4%	230	▲ 7.8%
Southend-on-Sea	246	0.4%	205	▲ 20%
Ealing	245	0.4%	184	▲ 33.2%
Milton Keynes	240	0.4%	239	▲ 0.4%
South Warwickshire	239	0.4%	224	▲ 6.7%
Islington	238	0.4%	169	▲ 40.8%
Swansea	238	0.4%	198	▲ 20.2%
South Worcester	237	0.4%	265	▼ 10.6%
Norwich	236	0.4%	230	▲ 2.6%
Greenwich	233	0.4%	244	▼ 4.5%
Cheshire West and Chester	231	0.4%	227	▲ 1.8%
Stockton-on-Tees	230	0.4%	218	▲ 5.5%
Wiltshire	227	0.4%	202	▲ 12.4%
Swindon	225	0.4%	184	▲ 22.3%
Basildon	218	0.4%	171	▲ 27.5%
Wirral	218	0.4%	206	▲ 5.8%
Wandsworth	214	0.3%	147	▲ 45.6%
Cambridge	213	0.3%	177	▲ 20.3%
Ipswich	213	0.3%	186	▲ 14.5%
Telford and Wrekin	211	0.3%	221	▼ 4.5%
Gloucester	204	0.3%	179	▲ 14%
Hounslow	202	0.3%	141	▲ 43.3%
Arun	199	0.3%	198	▲ 0.5%
North East Lincolnshire	199	0.3%	156	▲ 27.6%
Hillingdon	194	0.3%	170	▲ 14.1%
Gateshead	192	0.3%	212	▼ 9.4%
Bromley	189	0.3%	135	▲ 40%
Sefton	189	0.3%	151	▲ 25.2%
Thanet	188	0.3%	171	▲ 9.9%
Barnet	186	0.3%	132	▲ 40.9%
Exeter	185	0.3%	167	▲ 10.8%
Huntingdonshire	185	0.3%	175	▲ 5.7%
Mansfield	184	0.3%	174	▲ 5.7%
Ashfield	183	0.3%	187	▼ 2.1%
Barking and Dagenham	183	0.3%	118	▲ 55.1%
Redbridge	183	0.3%	141	▲ 29.8%
Swale	183	0.3%	155	▲ 18.1%
Eastbourne	182	0.3%	141	▲ 29.1%
Bedford	181	0.3%	134	▲ 35.1%
North Tyneside	181	0.3%	204	▼ 11.3%
Camden	179	0.3%	145	▲ 23.4%
South Tyneside	178	0.3%	179	▼ 0.6%
Tendring	178	0.3%	151	▲ 17.9%
Dorset	177	0.3%	193	▼ 8.3%
Hastings	176	0.3%	149	▲ 18.1%
Havering	176	0.3%	129	▲ 36.4%
Havant	173	0.3%	147	▲ 17.7%
Newport	173	0.3%	154	▲ 12.3%
Shropshire	172	0.3%	198	▼ 13.1%
Torbay	172	0.3%	151	▲ 13.9%
Blackburn with Darwen	171	0.3%	184	▼ 7.1%
Colchester	169	0.3%	160	▲ 5.6%
Waltham Forest	169	0.3%	175	▼ 3.4%
Warrington	169	0.3%	133	▲ 27.1%
Oxford	167	0.3%	196	▼ 14.8%
Thurrock	167	0.3%	137	▲ 21.9%
South Devon and Dartmoor	166	0.3%	157	▲ 5.7%
North Somerset	162	0.3%	141	▲ 14.9%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	161	0.3%	145	▲ 11%
Slough	160	0.3%	144	▲ 11.1%
East Riding of Yorkshire	159	0.3%	144	▲ 10.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham	159	0.3%	143	▲ 11.2%
Caerphilly	158	0.3%	121	▲ 30.6%
Harlow	157	0.3%	98	▲ 60.2%
East and Mid Devon	156	0.3%	126	▲ 23.8%
Carlisle	155	0.3%	160	▼ 3.1%
Calderdale	154	0.3%	187	▼ 17.6%
Bournemouth	152	0.2%	179	▼ 15.1%
Great Yarmouth	152	0.2%	135	▲ 12.6%
Isle of Wight	151	0.2%	150	▲ 0.7%
Worthing	151	0.2%	132	▲ 14.4%
Kensington and Chelsea	150	0.2%	134	▲ 11.9%
Canterbury	148	0.2%	139	▲ 6.5%
Kettering	148	0.2%	128	▲ 15.6%
Reading	145	0.2%	179	▼ 19%
Knowsley	144	0.2%	110	▲ 30.9%
Ashford	143	0.2%	96	▲ 49%
South Gloucestershire	142	0.2%	118	▲ 20.3%
North Lincolnshire	140	0.2%	126	▲ 11.1%
Halton	139	0.2%	131	▲ 6.1%
St. Helens	139	0.2%	107	▲ 29.9%
City of York	138	0.2%	159	▼ 13.2%
Folkestone and Hythe	138	0.2%	84	▲ 64.3%
Carmarthenshire	136	0.2%	124	▲ 9.7%
Redcar and Cleveland	135	0.2%	123	▲ 9.8%
Fenland	134	0.2%	117	▲ 14.5%
Hartlepool	133	0.2%	141	▼ 5.7%
Burnley	132	0.2%	136	▼ 2.9%
Lancaster	132	0.2%	105	▲ 25.7%
Stafford	129	0.2%	94	▲ 37.2%
Amber Valley	128	0.2%	75	▲ 70.7%
West Lancashire	127	0.2%	70	▲ 81.4%
Bexley	126	0.2%	86	▲ 46.5%
Chelmsford	126	0.2%	155	▼ 18.7%
Chesterfield	126	0.2%	75	▲ 68%
Manchester Airport	126	0.2%	128	▼ 1.6%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	125	0.2%	146	▼ 14.4%
Wellingborough	124	0.2%	113	▲ 9.7%
Dover	123	0.2%	132	▼ 6.8%
Reigate and Banstead	121	0.2%	115	▲ 5.2%
South Cambridgeshire	121	0.2%	68	▲ 77.9%
Breckland	120	0.2%	113	▲ 6.2%
Chichester	120	0.2%	120	→ 0%
Merton	120	0.2%	93	▲ 29%
Central Bedfordshire	119	0.2%	100	▲ 19%
Herefordshire, County of	119	0.2%	137	▼ 13.1%
Newark and Sherwood	118	0.2%	102	▲ 15.7%
Barrow-In-Furness	117	0.2%	107	▲ 9.3%
Mid Sussex	116	0.2%	115	▲ 0.9%
Bassetlaw	115	0.2%	109	▲ 5.5%
Spelthorne	115	0.2%	91	▲ 26.4%
Denbighshire	113	0.2%	86	▲ 31.4%
Lincoln	113	0.2%	101	▲ 11.9%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	113	0.2%	96	▲ 17.7%
Wrexham	112	0.2%	97	▲ 15.5%
Dartford and Gravesham	111	0.2%	128	▼ 13.3%
Harrow	111	0.2%	83	▲ 33.7%
North Devon	111	0.2%	97	▲ 14.4%
Rugby	109	0.2%	121	▼ 9.9%
Erewash	108	0.2%	49	▲ 120.4%
Conwy	107	0.2%	70	▲ 52.9%
Pembrokeshire	107	0.2%	111	▼ 3.6%
Sutton	107	0.2%	87	▲ 23%
Corby	106	0.2%	103	▲ 2.9%
New Forest	106	0.2%	122	▼ 13.1%
Watford	106	0.2%	94	▲ 12.8%
Welwyn Hatfield	106	0.2%	95	▲ 11.6%
Pendle	105	0.2%	109	▼ 3.7%
Powys	105	0.2%	97	▲ 8.2%
Braintree	104	0.2%	83	▲ 25.3%
Bath and North East Somerset	101	0.2%	117	▼ 13.7%
Elmbridge	101	0.2%	68	▲ 48.5%
Hyndburn	101	0.2%	116	▼ 12.9%
Unassigned Humberside	100	0.2%	153	▼ 34.6%
Gwynedd	99	0.2%	85	▲ 16.5%
Kingston upon Thames	99	0.2%	60	▲ 65%
Cherwell	98	0.2%	95	▲ 3.2%
Dacorum	96	0.2%	75	▲ 28%
Waveney	96	0.2%	89	▲ 7.9%
Wealden	96	0.2%	71	▲ 35.2%
Wycombe	96	0.2%	114	▼ 15.8%
Test Valley	94	0.2%	73	▲ 28.8%
Hertsmere	92	0.1%	83	▲ 10.8%
Unassigned Metropolitan police	92	0.1%	170	▼ 45.9%
Darlington	91	0.1%	104	▼ 12.5%
Daventry and South Northamptonshire	91	0.1%	117	▼ 22.2%
Woking	91	0.1%	53	▲ 71.7%
Bridgend	90	0.1%	91	▼ 1.1%
Cannock Chase	90	0.1%	112	▼ 19.6%
East Lindsey	90	0.1%	66	▲ 36.4%
East Staffordshire	90	0.1%	93	▼ 3.2%
Flintshire	90	0.1%	97	▼ 7.2%
Guildford	90	0.1%	79	▲ 13.9%
Aylesbury Vale	89	0.1%	97	▼ 8.2%
Charnwood	88	0.1%	95	▼ 7.4%
Uttlesford	88	0.1%	97	▼ 9.3%
Broxbourne	87	0.1%	80	▲ 8.8%
Fareham	87	0.1%	85	▲ 2.4%
Lewes	86	0.1%	90	▼ 4.4%
Neath Port Talbot	86	0.1%	83	▲ 3.6%
Rother	86	0.1%	79	▲ 8.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands	86	0.1%	54	▲ 59.3%
Torfaen	86	0.1%	65	▲ 32.3%
Allerdale	84	0.1%	89	▼ 5.6%
East Northamptonshire	84	0.1%	74	▲ 13.5%
Lichfield	82	0.1%	51	▲ 60.8%
Runnymede	81	0.1%	81	→ 0%
Vale of Glamorgan	81	0.1%	85	▼ 4.7%
Wyre	81	0.1%	62	▲ 30.6%
South Norfolk	80	0.1%	68	▲ 17.6%
South Ribble	80	0.1%	84	▼ 4.8%
Winchester	80	0.1%	64	▲ 25%
Stevenage	79	0.1%	83	▼ 4.8%
Cheltenham	77	0.1%	96	▼ 19.8%
Eastleigh	77	0.1%	87	▼ 11.5%
Tamworth	77	0.1%	68	▲ 13.2%
Chorley	76	0.1%	79	▼ 3.8%
East Hertfordshire	75	0.1%	59	▲ 27.1%
Horsham	75	0.1%	110	▼ 31.8%
East Hampshire	74	0.1%	62	▲ 19.4%
South Derbyshire	74	0.1%	46	▲ 60.9%
St Albans	73	0.1%	65	▲ 12.3%
Unassigned West Midlands	73	0.1%	68	▲ 7.4%
North Hertfordshire	72	0.1%	53	▲ 35.8%
Gosport	71	0.1%	90	▼ 21.1%
South Staffordshire	69	0.1%	54	▲ 27.8%
Poole	68	0.1%	73	▼ 6.8%
West Berkshire	68	0.1%	69	▼ 1.4%
Blaenau Gwent	67	0.1%	70	▼ 4.3%
South Lakeland	66	0.1%	79	▼ 16.5%
Bolsover	65	0.1%	43	▲ 51.2%
Eden	65	0.1%	44	▲ 47.7%
Sevenoaks	65	0.1%	62	▲ 4.8%
Copeland	64	0.1%	48	▲ 33.3%
Epping Forest	64	0.1%	91	▼ 29.7%
High Peak	64	0.1%	26	▲ 146.2%
Windsor and Maidenhead	64	0.1%	99	▼ 35.4%
Stroud	63	0.1%	66	▼ 4.5%
Suffolk Coastal	63	0.1%	55	▲ 14.5%
Vale of White Horse	62	0.1%	64	▼ 3.1%
Castle Point	61	0.1%	51	▲ 19.6%
Boston	60	0.1%	46	▲ 30.4%
Unassigned Hampshire	60	0.1%	54	▲ 11.1%
Waverley	59	0.1%	43	▲ 37.2%
City of London	58	0.1%	76	▼ 23.7%
Brentwood	56	0.1%	44	▲ 27.3%
North Norfolk	56	0.1%	44	▲ 27.3%
Richmond upon Thames	56	0.1%	48	▲ 16.7%
Rochford	54	0.1%	57	▼ 5.3%
Tewkesbury	53	0.1%	45	▲ 17.8%
West Lindsey	52	0.1%	34	▲ 52.9%
Ceredigion	51	0.1%	48	▲ 6.3%
Rossendale	51	0.1%	45	▲ 13.3%
South Kesteven	51	0.1%	66	▼ 22.7%
South Oxfordshire	51	0.1%	67	▼ 23.9%
East Cambridgeshire	50	0.1%	57	▼ 12.3%
Monmouthshire	49	0.1%	46	▲ 6.5%
North Warwickshire	49	0.1%	57	▼ 14%
Surrey Heath	49	0.1%	53	▼ 7.5%
Adur	48	0.1%	54	▼ 11.1%
Broadland	48	0.1%	65	▼ 26.2%
North East Derbyshire	48	0.1%	37	▲ 29.7%
Bracknell Forest	47	0.1%	49	▼ 4.1%
Unassigned Sussex	47	0.1%	75	▼ 37.3%
Epsom and Ewell	46	0.1%	55	▼ 16.4%
Harborough	46	0.1%	41	▲ 12.2%
South Holland	46	0.1%	45	▲ 2.2%
Maldon	45	0.1%	34	▲ 32.4%
Mole Valley	44	0.1%	42	▲ 4.8%
Forest of Dean	43	0.1%	40	▲ 7.5%
Fylde	43	0.1%	45	▼ 4.4%
Hinckley and Bosworth	43	0.1%	52	▼ 17.3%
Tandridge	43	0.1%	61	▼ 29.5%
Isle of Anglesey	42	0.1%	30	▲ 40%
North West Leicestershire	41	0.1%	44	▼ 6.8%
Wokingham	40	0.1%	64	▼ 37.5%
Derbyshire Dales	38	0.1%	23	▲ 65.2%
Three Rivers	36	0.1%	29	▲ 24.1%
Unassigned Dyfed-Powys	33	0.1%	37	▼ 10.8%
Cotswold	31	0.1%	32	▼ 3.1%
South Bucks	30	0%	33	▼ 9.1%
Unassigned Lancashire	30	0%	48	▼ 37.5%
Blaby	29	0%	40	▼ 27.5%
Chiltern	28	0%	25	▲ 12%
Melton	28	0%	31	▼ 9.7%
North Kesteven	28	0%	32	▼ 12.5%
Unassigned Essex	28	0%	30	▼ 6.7%
Unassigned Avon and Somerset	26	0%	15	▲ 73.3%
Unassigned Nottinghamshire	24	0%	22	▲ 9.1%
Unassigned South Yorkshire	23	0%	36	▼ 36.1%
Oadby and Wigston	22	0%	20	▲ 10%
West Oxfordshire	22	0%	37	▼ 40.5%
Unassigned Gloucestershire	20	0%	10	▲ 100%
Ribble Valley	18	0%	13	▲ 38.5%
Unassigned Hertfordshire	17	0%	9	▲ 88.9%
Unassigned South Wales	17	0%	15	▲ 13.3%
Unassigned Staffordshire	16	0%	9	▲ 77.8%
Unassigned Derbyshire	15	0%	270	▼ 94.4%
Unassigned Leicestershire	15	0%	18	▼ 16.7%
Rutland	13	0%	9	▲ 44.4%
Unassigned Northumbria	12	0%	6	▲ 100%
Unassigned Cambridgeshire	10	0%	11	▼ 9.1%
Unassigned Thames Valley	10	0%	7	▲ 42.9%
Unassigned Bedfordshire	9	0%	15	▼ 40%
Unassigned Suffolk	9	0%	9	→ 0%
Unassigned West Mercia	9	0%	4	▲ 125%
Unassigned Dorset	6	0%	12	▼ 50%
Unassigned Norfolk	5	0%	7	▼ 28.6%
Unassigned North Yorkshire	5	0%	0	—
Unassigned Warwickshire	5	0%	6	▼ 16.7%
Unassigned Merseyside	4	0%	1	▲ 300%
Unassigned Northamptonshire	4	0%	4	→ 0%
Unassigned Cheshire	3	0%	3	→ 0%
Medway	2	0%	48	▼ 95.8%
Tonbridge and Malling	2	0%	10	▼ 80%
Unassigned Durham	2	0%	2	→ 0%
Unassigned Wiltshire	2	0%	3	▼ 33.3%
Isles of Scilly	1	0%	0	—
Maidstone	0	0%	27	▼ 100%
Tunbridge Wells	0	0%	8	▼ 100%
Unassigned Cleveland	0	0%	1	▼ 100%
Unassigned Cumbria	0	0%	12	▼ 100%
Unassigned Devon and Cornwall	0	0%	0	—
Unassigned Greater Manchester	0	0%	0	—
Unassigned Gwent	0	0%	0	—
Unassigned Lincolnshire	0	0%	2	▼ 100%
Unassigned North Wales	0	0%	1	▼ 100%
Unassigned West Yorkshire	0	0%	1	▼ 100%
unassigned Surrey	0	0%	—	—

Source

Dataset: Police force area data tables
Rows: ; values are the sum of the published rows for each community safety partnership and period.
Caveat: Fraud (excluded from all sub-national breakdowns), force-level totals (see the police force area breakdown), or offences with no location recorded at all.
Parent metric: Possession of weapons (police-recorded)
API: /api/metrics/prc_possession_weapons_by_csp/vintages