FOI 16150-25 - Over 65s Weapons Arrests
Request:
For the purpose of this request, the time frames to be considered are (i.e. financial years): April 2020 - April 2021
April 2021 - April 2022
April 2022 - April 2023
April 2023 - April 2024
April 2024 - April 2025
Broken down by the above timeframes, how many people aged 65 and over have been arrested on possession of a bladed article or offensive weapon?
Of those number, please can you detail how many of these arrests were of males and how many were females?
Response:
Search for all Crime Tree Level 2 offences of Possession of Offensive Weapons where over 65s have been arrested from April 2020 to April 2025.
|
|
Female |
Male |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2020-21 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
2021-22 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
2022-23 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
2023-24 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
2024-25 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
The data provided reflects the number of individuals over 65 who were arrested for Possession of Offensive Weapons, rather than the number of times a person over 65 was arrested for such crimes. Where an individual was arrested more than once within a year, they have only been counted once for the purposes of this response.
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