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ONS · police force area: Derbyshire

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Derbyshire

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

2,845offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Derbyshire totalled 2,845 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 7.3% (224) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Derbyshire
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 759 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: 358 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 239 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 287 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 344 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 297 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 346 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 395 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 484 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 653 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 824 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 722 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 870 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 699 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 733 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 654 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 759 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