Home Department written question – answered at on 8 March 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents involving the use and misuse of an airgun have been recorded each year since 1996.
General use of air weapons is not recorded. The number of recorded crimes in England and Wales involving air weapons in each year since 1996 is as follows:
Year | Number of recorded crimes involving air weapons |
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1996 | 7,813 |
1997 | 7,506 |
1998–991 | 8,665 |
1999–2000 | 10,103 |
2000–01 | 10,227 |
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