FOI 16319-25 - Shootings and Firearms
Request:
1. Please provide data showing how many report of shootings your force has received between 2020-2025. Please break data down per year. For the year 2025, please provide data as close to the present date as possible.
Please search for the terms "gunshot", "gun shot", "shooting", "firearm", "bullet", "shot".
A shooting is defined as the act of discharging a firearm.
2. Please also provide data showing how many firearms you have recovered and confiscated between 2020-2025. Please break data down per year. For the year 2025, please provide data as close to the present date as possible.
Response:
Search for shootings conducted by searching for crimes where there is a Firearms Flag, the Weapon Used is “Firearm” or the free text mentions “gunshot”, “gun shot”, “shooting”, “firearm”, “bullet” or “shot”, and Weapon Usage shows that a firearm was discharged.
Search for firearms recovered conducted by searching for “firearms”. Due to the way Northamptonshire Police record this data, it may include items such as pepper spray, tasers and replica firearms, as well as firearms that fire bullets. Firearms are recovered through different means, including seizures and amnesties.
| Year | Shootings (to 28/08/25) | Firearms (to 19/08/2025) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 61 | 1091 |
| 2021 | 53 | 1119 |
| 2022 | 73 | 1244 |
| 2023 | 68 | 1076 |
| 2024 | 37 | 1142 |
| 2025 | 30 | 811 |
As with any keyword search, the search will only return exact matches within the Crime MO. This does not account for differences in terminology and/or spelling used. Keyword searches are problematic and in no way provide accurate results or figures. If the selected key words have not been mentioned the data will not be returned.
The numerical data presented in this response is an unaudited snapshot of unpublished data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.
Northamptonshire Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the production of statistical information for Freedom of Information responses.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when the data is used.
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