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<p>The Home Office collects information on offences recorded by the police involving
firearms at the police force area level. This is published by the Office for National
Statistics in their Focus on Violent Crime and Sexual Offences statistical bulletins.
Offences involving firearms include any notifiable offence recorded by the police
where a firearm has been fired, used as a blunt instrument or been used as a threat.
Figures for London and England and Wales are given in the table. Data are not available
at a lower geographical level than police force area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Table: Firearm offences (excluding air weapons) for London
and England and Wales, 2010/11 to 2014/15<sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>2,748</p></td><td><p>2,482</p></td><td><p>1,961</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p>1,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND
AND WALES</p></td><td><p>7,040</p></td><td><p>6,022</p></td><td><p>5,158</p></td><td><p>4,856</p></td><td><p>4,912</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>1. Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2. Police recorded
crime data are not designated as National Statistics</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>3. London includes City of London and Metropolitan
Police</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures
for 2015/16 are due to be published in February 2017 in the ONS publication Focus
on Violent Crime and Sexual Offences Year Ending March 2016.</p><p>Information on
offences involving firearms in Scotland and Northern Ireland are published by the
Scottish Government and Police Service of Northern Ireland respectively.</p>
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