Question follow-through · 87735

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been arrested for knife crime-related incidents in the last 12 months.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been arrested for knife crime-related incidents in the last 12 months.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office collects data on arrests in England and Wales, by offence group, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series. The latest available data, to the year ending March 2025 can be accessed here: Police powers and procedures ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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