Home Office Statistical Bulletin 02/09 - Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2007/08 (Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2007/08
From 2004/05 the Annual Statistics provide a more detailed breakdown of the principal weapons involved with more categories recorded.
For "A Guide to and Review of Home Office Gun Crime Statistics" see Hales (2006)
* The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1.4.02. Figures for some categories may be inflated by this
| Total Offences |
|
All |
Shotgun
(long-barrelled & sawn-off) |
Handgun |
Other weapon (including Imitation)
|
Air weapon |
| 1997/98 |
12805 |
565 |
2636 |
|
1702 |
7902 |
| |
All |
Shotgun |
Handgun |
Imitation |
Other weapon |
Air weapon |
| 1998/99 |
13876 |
642 |
2687 |
566 |
1314 |
8665 |
| 1999/00 |
16946 |
693 |
3685 |
823 |
1642 |
10103 |
| 2000/01 |
17967 |
608 |
4109 |
787 |
1966 |
10227 |
| 2001/02 |
22400 |
712 |
5874 |
1245 |
2192 |
12377 |
| 2002/03* |
24070 |
671 |
5549 |
1815 |
2230 |
13822 |
| 2003/04 |
24094 |
718 |
5144 |
2146 |
2330 |
13756 |
| 2004/05 |
22798 |
598 |
4347 |
3333 |
2695 |
11825 |
| 2005/06 |
21521 |
642 |
4671 |
3275 |
2496 |
10437 |
| 2006/07 |
18489 |
613 |
4175 |
2517 |
2345 |
8839 |
| 2007/08 |
17343 |
602 |
4172 |
2562 |
2529 |
7478 |
Injury by being fired, used as a blunt instrument or in a threat |
| |
All |
Shotgun |
Handgun |
Other weapon |
Air weapon |
| 1997/98 |
2074 |
74 |
317 |
413 |
1270 |
| 1998/99 |
2378 |
73 |
239 |
552 |
1514 |
| 1999/00 |
3172 |
100 |
352 |
743 |
1977 |
| 2000/01 |
3203 |
73 |
400 |
909 |
1821 |
| 2001/02 |
3794 |
111 |
648 |
1120 |
1915 |
| 2002/03* |
4556 |
107 |
640 |
1432 |
2377 |
| 2003/04 |
4762 |
104 |
590 |
1673 |
2395 |
| 2004/05 |
5402 |
135 |
780 |
2989 |
1498 |
| 2005/06 |
5004 |
154 |
1024 |
2644 |
1182 |
| 2006/07 |
4065 |
128 |
792 |
2091 |
1054 |
| 2007/08 |
4164 |
157 |
881 |
2201 |
923 |
Homicide |
| |
All |
Shotgun |
Handgun |
Other weapon |
Airgun |
| 1999/00 |
62 |
19 |
42 |
1 |
0 |
| 2000/01 |
73 |
14 |
47 |
11 |
1 |
| 2001/02 |
97 |
21 |
59 |
15 |
2 |
| 2002/03 |
81 |
14 |
40 |
26 |
1 |
| 2003/04 |
68 |
11 |
35 |
22 |
0 |
| 2004/05 |
78 |
23 |
37 |
17 |
1 |
| 2005/06 |
50 |
11 |
22 |
16 |
1 |
| 2006/07 |
59 |
9 |
27 |
20 |
3 |
| 2007/08 |
53 |
3 |
39 |
11 |
0 |
Source: Home Office Statistical Bulletin 02/09 - Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2007/08 (Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2007/08)
