FOI 15704
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: hrc0015704/26
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 22nd June 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
- Please provide the number of offences recorded by your force under each of the following CJS offence codes, for each of the last three financial years (2023/24), (2024/25) and (2025/26):
CJ88151 – Possess offensive weapon on school/further education premises
CJ88152 – Possess article with blade/sharply pointed article on school/further education premises
CJ88155 – Threaten a person with a blade/sharply pointed article on school premises
CJ88155B – Aid/abet a person to threaten with a blade/sharply pointed article on school/further education premises
CJ88156 – Threaten a person with an offensive weapon on school premises
CJ88156B – Aid/abet a person to threaten with an offensive weapon on school/further education premises
- For the 2025/26 time period, please also provide a breakdown of the type of weapon or article involved in each recorded offence (for example, kitchen knife, lock knife, machete, replica firearm, or other specified item), to the extent this is held in a structured or readily retrievable format.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information below
Caveat: CCCJS codes are detailed, offence-specific codes used by the CPS and court system for charging and conviction purposes. In line with the Home Office Crime Recording Standards our crime management system uses Home Office Offence Classifications and Groups, which are broader in scope. As a result, we have searched for all offences which include the word “school/further education premises” in the offence title to gain the below information.
Whilst there is a separate field to record weapons this is not mandatory and not routinely used. To obtain the type of weapon/article used in each incident the incident summaries have been reviewed and extracted the description, where a description was not included it is listed as “Not Stated”.
|
Primary Full Offence Title & Weapon description from incident summary |
Fiscal Year |
Grand Total |
||
|
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
2025/26 |
||
|
Having an article with a blade or point on school/further education premises. |
22 |
13 |
14 |
49 |
|
3D Printed Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Bread Knife |
2 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
Butter Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Carpenters Blade |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Craft Blades |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Craft Knife |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Dagger |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Fishing Knife |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Flick Knife |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Flip Knife |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Jigsaw Blade |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Knife |
10 |
4 |
6 |
20 |
|
Lock Knife |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Ninja Knife |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Penknife |
2 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
Scissors & Knife |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Stanley Blade |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Stanley Knife |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
Swiss Army Knife |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Vegetable Knife |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
Possession of other offensive weapon on school/further education premises. |
5 |
7 |
2 |
14 |
|
Cheese Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
File |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Flick Knife |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Flip Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Handgun |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Knife |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Knuckle Duster |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Pin Hammer |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Scissors |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Scout Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Shank |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Swiss Army Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Threaten with a blade or sharply pointed article on school/further education premises. |
4 |
8 |
7 |
19 |
|
Butter Knife |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Chopping Knife |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Craft Knife |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Golf Fork |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Hacksaw Blade |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Knife |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
Not stated |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Scissors |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
Sharpener Blade |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
Threaten with an offensive weapon on school/further education premises. |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
Butter Knife |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Crowbar |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Javelin |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Piece of Wood |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
31 |
29 |
26 |
86 |