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Essex Police can report on Firearm and Weapon Offences overall, however, we do not record whether the weapon seized was of a specific Police/Military issue.

Provides the numbers of weapon related offences reported at schools broken down by school type, offence type, outcome type and suspect age between the school years 2021/22 to 2023/24.

Data on offensive weapon crimes occurring in schools and other education establishments between 2013 and 2024.

It is not possible to extract the level of detail required regarding the type of offensive weapon from current Essex Police systems. This would require manually extracting each record and reviewing it to see if the data is held.

Provided data on the number of crimes recorded between 01 January 2018 and 31 December 2023 where the recorded outcome type is ‘Type 11 – Prosecution prevented – Named Suspect Identified but is below the age of criminal responsibility’. Also provided a ranking of the highest to lowest offence types with a Type 11 outcome for each year.

The total number of police officers attacked by suspects in Essex Police custody centres between 2016 and 2020.

Knife and Weapon Arrest statistics from 2018 to 2021 broken down by Calendar Year, Age Group and Under 18 years of age arrests.

The number of juveniles (children aged under 18) arrested on suspicion of having committed a Firearms Offence for the past three Financial Years with an age breakdown.

Information on the secure storage of police batons and the change in the law regarding their possession.

It is not possible to accurately extract information on crimes committed in Pharmacies or Chemists from Essex Police systems as the location type within the crime system is not accurately used.