Crossbows: Convictions
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of violent crimes involving a crossbow in the last five years.
Answered by Heidi Alexander
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants convicted for a wide range of offences against specific Home Office offence codes in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2023.
However, it is not possible to separately identify offences specifically involving a crossbow from a range of other violent offences. This information to enable such a split may be held on court records, but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate cost.
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