How many crimes involving a knife have been recorded in North Ayrshire in each year since 1999.

The requested information is not held centrally as the data received from Police Scotland for production of the recorded crime statistics is a simple count of the number and type of crimes and offences recorded. We do not in general hold further details as to whether any of these crimes included a knife.There are two exceptions to this. The first are crimes of homicide, where information is held on method of killing (including by sharp instrument and more specifically since 2013-14, a knife). Table One below presents the number of knife-related homicide victims in North Ayrshire from 2013-14 to 2024-25.The second are those types of crime that specifically reference the presence of a knife or bladed/pointed article. The only crime category of this type where data is available prior to 2017-18 is Weapons possession involving a bladed or pointed article that was not used in other criminal activity. Table Two presents the number of these crimes in North Ayrshire from 1999-00 to 2024-25.Due to changes in recording practices for 2017-18 onwards, data is also available on the number of recorded crimes of Weapons possession involving a bladed or pointed article that was used in other criminal activity (see Table Three).Finally, data is available on the number of recorded crimes of Possession of certain dangerous knives in a private place since 2022-23, following the implementation of Part 4 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 on 27th March 2023. There were no recorded crimes of this type in North Ayrshire up to 2024-25.Table One: Number of knife-related homicide victims, North Ayrshire, 2013-14 to 2024-25YearKnife-related Homicide Victims2013-1412014-1512015-1602016-1722017-1802018-1902019-2012020-2102021-2222022-2302023-2402024-252Source: Homicide in Scotland, 2024-25Table Two: Recorded crimes of Weapons possession involving a bladed or pointed article (not used in other criminal activity), North Ayrshire, 1999-00 to 2024-25YearRecorded crimes1999-00912000-011132001-02962002-031072003-041132004-051212005-061292006-071312007-081232008-091572009-10882010-11702011-121012012-13452013-14472014-15322015-16552016-17552017-18562018-19832019-20832020-21962021-22692022-23812023-241002024-2583Source: Recorded crime in Scotland, 2024-25Table Three: Recorded crimes of Weapons possession involving a bladed or pointed article (used in other criminal activity), North Ayrshire, 2017-18 to 2024-25YearRecorded crimes2017-18512018-19522019-20472020-21392021-22602022-23482023-24462024-2548Source: Recorded crime in Scotland, 2024-25