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ONS · police force area: Dorset

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Dorset

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,124offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Dorset totalled 1,124 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 0.6% (7) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Dorset
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 243 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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025Before: 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: 173 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 155 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 148 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 150 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 155 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 162 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 245 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 210 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 250 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 273 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 306 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 302 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 308 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 301 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 272 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 243 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