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<p>Data for selected offences involving the use of a knife or sharp instrument are collected by the Home Office at police force area level only, so data are not available for Liverpool, Walton constituency or Liverpool city region. Data for these selected offences are provided for Merseyside police force in the table.</p><p>The offences covered are attempted murder, grievous bodily harm (GBH) and actual bodily harm (ABH), robbery, threats to kill, sexual assault and rape. Homicide figures in the table are taken from the Homicide Index. Figures for 2012-13 for knife and sharp instrument homicides are due to be published by the Office for National Statistics in February 2014.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Knifeand sharp instrument offences recorded by the police for selectedoffences inMerseyside1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Number<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Totalselectedoffences2<br /></td><td valign="top">Homicide3<br /></td><td valign="top">Totalselected offences includinghomicide<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2010-11<br /></td><td valign="top">587<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">594<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011-12<br /></td><td valign="top">599<br /></td><td valign="top">11<br /></td><td valign="top">610<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">576<br /></td><td valign="top">4—<br /></td><td valign="top">4—<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Police recorded knife and sharp instrument offences data are submittedvia an additional special collection. Other offences exist that are notshown in this table that may include the use of a knife or sharpinstrument.<br />2 Selectedoffences covered are attempted murder, grievous bodily harm (GBH) andactual bodily harm (ABH), robbery, threats to kill, sexual assault andrape.<br />3 Homicide offencesare those currently recorded by the police as at 30 June 2013 and aresubject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by thecourts, or as further information becomes available. Figures for2012-13 for knife and sharp instrument homicides are due to bepublished by the Office for National Statistics in February2014.<br />4 Data are notavailable.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p> |