Knife crime offences at schools/nurseries from January 2018 to September 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.032745

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide the following, for the past 5 calendar years, from 2018 to the present and where the location is a school:

1) The number of knife crime offences split by:
a) offence type
b) knife type
c) what the knife was used for (ie stabbing, threatening)
d) Victim and suspect demographics, including but not limited to age, gender, ethnicity and relationship between victim and suspect

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

IMPORTANT: Please read the notes page in conjunction with the date to ensure the data is interpreted correctly.

ADDITIONAL ADVICE
I would also like to refer you to the MPS Statistics and Data web page which includes specific knife crime data which is routinely published monthly by the MPS, which may also be of interest to you.

Please access the Crime Data Dashboard