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<p>The number of offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police involving knives and
firearms are shown in Tables A and B respectively. The figures are not available below
police force area.<br><br>The number of offences involving knives has been collected
by the Home Office since 2008/09.<br><br>The number of selected offences involving
a knife or sharp instrument recorded by the Metropolitan police has fallen by 20%
between 2008/09 and the year ending June 2014. The number of offences involving firearms
recorded by the Metropolitan police has fallen by 60% between 2005/06 and the year
ending June 2014. <br><br>The Home Office has not issued any definition of gang-related
crime for the purposes of recording such crime by local police forces. The Home Office
does not collect data on number of gang related crimes recorded by the police.</p><p>
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