FOI 001452 Converted Firearms (2017-2021)
Request Number: 001452/22
Date of Decision: 14 June 2022
Subject Area: Statistics
Decision: Disclosed
Request
1. For each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 - How many crime reports recorded the theft of a legally owned firearm?
2. For each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 - How many crime reports involved the possession of a converted firearm (Non-prohibitive, top venting, firing weapons) as proscribed under Section 4A of the Firearms Act 1968?
3. For each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 - How many crime reports involved the use of a converted firearm (Non-prohibitive, top venting, firing weapons) as proscribed under Section 4A of the Firearms Act 1968?
a. Of those crime reports - for each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 - How many related to injury or serious injury?
b. Of those crime reports - for each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 - How many related to Deaths?
Reply
1.
|
Year |
Total |
|
2017 |
29 |
|
2018 |
17 |
|
2019 |
14 |
|
2020 |
17 |
|
2021 |
13 |
1. Zero for all years
The search extracted all crimes between the given dates where the weapon in the MO free text matched converted firearm, pistol, gun, etc.
2. Zero for all years
The search extracted all crimes between the given dates where the weapon in the MO free text matched converted firearm, pistol, gun, etc.
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