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Crime: Great Yarmouth

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 48261

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported knife crime incidents were recorded in the Great Yarmouth policing area in each of the last three years.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.

These data, including for Norfolk Constabulary, are available here: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK

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