https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/gun-crime-peak

Gun crime highest for a decade for four police forces
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Gun crime highest for a decade for four police forces

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/gun-crime-peak
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-02-13T13:17:27.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-13T13:24:20.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-17T13:07:58.604Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: crime, guns, police
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47157967
• Size: 54.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Gun crime highest for a decade for four police forces

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/gun-crime-peak/master/firearmschangechart.png)

In February 2019 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47157967) on new figures showing that West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Cheshire police handled more incidents in 2017-18 than in any year since 2007-08.

## Get the data

* ONS: [Offences involving the use of weapons: data tables](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/offencesinvolvingtheuseofweaponsdatatables)

## Quotes and interviews

* Gavin Williams, Assistant Chief Constable, Wiltshire Police

* Statement, Cambridgeshire Police 

* Detective Chief Inspector Duncan Young, Bedfordshire Police

* Mrs Foster, wife of gun crime victim

## Visualisation

* Line chart: Gun crime in England and Wales 2002-2018

* Bar chart: Age of firearm crime victims in 2017-18 (percentages by age group)

* Bar chart: Firearms offences in England and Wales - Percentage change 2016-17 to 2017-18