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Historical trend
Trend summary
Police in England and Wales recorded 50,489 knife crime offences in the year to December 2024, a 4% fall from the previous year.
Trend
- Knife crime recorded by police rose from around 28,000 offences in 2013–14 to a peak of around 53,000 in 2023–24.
- The 4% fall in the most recent year is the first annual decline since 2013–14.
- Knife crime rates are highest in London and metropolitan areas; rural rates are substantially lower.
Context
- Home Office crime statistics record offences known to the police; recording practices and police activity affect trends.
- Knife crime offences include possession, threats, and violence; they are not limited to wounding or serious injury.
Trend summary generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 on 23 January 2025. Contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.
About this indicator
- Source
- Home Office
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 25 July 2024 Data may be out of date
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Rising trend is…
- Negative
Statistics
- Latest
- 49551.0 offences
- Period high
- 49551.0
- Period low
- 39785.0
- Period average
- 44638.3