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<p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Please
note that 2007 data has not been included as the time series data on the number of
possession of offensive weapon offences used in the knife possession bulletin is only
available from quarter 4 in 2007, so a full year’s data is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> given immediate custody for
a possession of an offensive weapon offence by year and number of previous<sup>2,3</sup>
convictions or cautions for the same offence, England and Wales<sup>4</sup>, 2008
to 2018.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of
previous convictions and cautions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1
to 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5 to 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11 or
more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,195</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,543</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police
National Computer.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="8"><p>1) Each offender is counted only once in each year they were given
an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon, but may appear
in multiple years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2) Previous occasions on which
the offences for which the offender was cautioned or convicted included possession
of an offensive weapon, as counted on the last occasion in each year that the offender
was given an immediate custodial sentence for offences including possession of an
offensive weapon.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>3) Previous sentencing occasions
may have resulted in an immediate custodial sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>4)
England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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