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ONS · police force area: Greater Manchester

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument: Greater Manchester

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

12,951offences

Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument for Greater Manchester totalled 12,951 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 0.6% (80) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table P6
  3. Greater Manchester [note 9]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 2855 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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k201520202025Before: 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: 2,048 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,736 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 1,599 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 1,643 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 1,761 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 1,797 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,657 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,952 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 3,169 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 3,188 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 3,056 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 3,618 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 3,338 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 3,333 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 3,425 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 2,855 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