Firearm offences by police force area, England and Wales

Official statistics, not accredited

Offences involving a firearm other than an air weapon recorded by each police force in England and Wales, each year since the year ending March 2010, from the ONS's police force area tables.

England and Wales

5,065

Year ending June 2026

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:17 UTC

Firearm offences by police force area, England and Wales

Year ending June 2026
Year ending June 2025

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

55 rows

Area	Year ending June 2026	Year ending June 2025	Year ending March 2024	Year ending March 2023	Year ending March 2022	Year ending March 2021	Year ending March 2020	Year ending March 2019	Year ending March 2018	Year ending March 2017	Year ending March 2016	Year ending March 2015	Year ending March 2014	Year ending March 2013	Year ending March 2012	Year ending March 2011	Year ending March 2010
Metropolitan Police E23000001	1,603	1,620	1,248	1,087	1,066	1,281	1,765	2,046	2,126	2,136	1,556	1,652	1,594	1,959	2,479	2,747	3,524
West Yorkshire E23000010	287	336	626	440	390	369	389	480	481	439	322	221	224	253	257	218	267
West Midlands E23000014	283	434	576	603	584	721	698	710	681	618	542	562	540	499	648	912	903
Greater Manchester E23000005	224	358	494	409	526	382	422	424	541	454	450	437	397	387	365	504	709
South Yorkshire E23000011	175	168	309	334	242	295	269	234	173	232	154	160	164	163	84	134	121
Devon and Cornwall E23000035	164	174	181	143	111	130	107	126	103	82	117	122	116	84	133	64	61
Essex E23000028	136	177	185	221	232	194	184	215	255	258	184	176	154	131	137	135	154
Cleveland E23000013	119	101	148	186	184	102	94	53	26	23	18	14	13	10	25	20	21
Sussex E23000033	118	140	137	123	112	115	183	139	61	49	61	90	68	34	31	49	39
Northumbria E23000007	116	95	171	142	138	134	158	92	93	102	70	52	44	42	38	68	52
Merseyside E23000004	111	109	151	190	211	140	227	248	210	195	151	162	212	211	248	226	258
Bedfordshire E23000026	110	129	104	75	68	95	106	105	106	94	74	86	77	49	64	105	96
Avon and Somerset E23000036	108	70	91	59	81	78	65	58	70	84	92	78	63	82	100	107	107
Lancashire E23000003	105	92	142	127	134	91	62	108	109	114	110	116	116	100	126	179	215
Leicestershire E23000021	92	81	116	106	81	85	154	115	75	53	32	60	59	78	85	80	92
Hampshire E23000030	92	118	152	132	131	109	186	110	98	119	113	84	57	72	71	79	100
Nottinghamshire E23000019	91	117	119	119	115	118	142	119	94	119	125	66	93	104	99	103	137
Kent E23000032	84	73	113	114	174	96	107	98	78	64	35	37	63	48	30	46	64
South Wales W15000003	77	49	49	86	65	61	67	48	56	71	64	60	48	39	41	63	74
West Mercia E23000016	76	74	93	139	86	82	105	104	67	58	52	45	56	50	50	80	84
Northamptonshire E23000022	73	106	104	120	112	131	104	120	126	140	93	35	31	50	93	85	81
Thames Valley E23000029	69	69	115	31	44	51	46	67	62	81	95	47	131	167	123	144	158
Cheshire E23000006	68	96	92	85	85	94	106	92	81	71	46	54	65	52	61	62	54
Humberside E23000012	64	50	108	64	48	47	59	55	50	92	86	33	44	43	49	42	43
Lincolnshire E23000020	64	63	87	79	59	40	62	44	35	33	25	16	17	21	18	17	19
Surrey E23000031	63	48	55	62	47	31	58	49	51	54	57	32	39	48	54	83	84
Gloucestershire E23000037	60	47	38	82	26	35	51	50	47	32	35	27	27	29	51	47	34
Durham E23000008	52	47	65	77	55	64	59	46	26	22	12	14	11	16	15	24	10
North Yorkshire E23000009	45	43	28	40	42	58	25	46	23	23	30	11	16	19	20	33	23
Derbyshire E23000018	45	47	99	98	96	85	104	86	69	56	49	67	45	54	62	102	69
Warwickshire E23000017	39	49	58	50	59	44	38	95	49	29	22	23	40	52	51	50	57
Dorset E23000039	39	42	47	70	42	40	44	44	34	44	29	19	29	24	33	47	32
Staffordshire E23000015	36	30	55	49	46	50	63	102	65	49	47	32	41	27	45	53	40
Hertfordshire E23000027	34	59	62	78	50	46	79	57	34	23	4	8	15	16	31	39	45
Wiltshire E23000038	27	16	22	17	12	18	26	47	39	10	5	21	18	27	27	30	36
North Wales W15000001	25	15	32	29	25	18	26	23	20	13	15	15	18	20	21	39	35
Cambridgeshire E23000023	22	23	36	51	38	66	72	63	84	62	61	42	40	20	34	63	65
Norfolk E23000024	16	16	45	42	54	61	50	47	29	66	5	15	4	4	15	24	21
Cumbria E23000002	15	44	37	36	28	20	46	37	49	25	58	33	15	15	28	60	36
Gwent W15000002	15	12	30	21	22	10	18	20	19	7	15	12	26	24	40	34	29
Dyfed-Powys W15000004	10	28	20	32	15	20	16	24	7	16	20	14	8	11	17	16	17
Suffolk E23000025	9	10	11	12	30	37	21	33	27	63	51	59	16	22	20	26	16
London, City of E23000034	4	2	0	0	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	0
England and Wales	5,065	5,477	6,451	6,060	5,771	5,744	6,665	6,881	6,530	6,375	5,182	4,911	4,856	5,158	6,022	7,040	8,082
England	4,938	5,373	6,320	5,892	5,644	5,635	6,538	6,766	6,428	6,268	5,068	4,810	4,756	5,064	5,903	6,888	7,927
North East	287	243	384	405	377	300	311	191	145	147	100	80	68	68	78	112	83
North West	523	699	916	847	984	727	863	909	990	859	815	802	805	765	828	1,031	1,272
Yorkshire and The Humber	571	597	1,071	878	722	769	742	815	727	786	592	425	448	478	410	427	454
East Midlands	365	414	525	522	463	459	566	484	399	401	324	244	245	307	357	387	398
West Midlands	434	587	782	841	775	897	904	1,011	862	754	663	662	677	628	794	1,095	1,084
East of England	327	414	443	479	472	499	512	520	535	566	379	386	306	242	301	392	397
London	1,607	1,622	1,248	1,087	1,071	1,281	1,767	2,048	2,127	2,136	1,556	1,654	1,596	1,961	2,482	2,748	3,524
South East	426	448	572	462	508	402	580	463	350	367	361	290	358	369	309	401	445
South West	398	349	379	371	272	301	293	325	293	252	278	267	253	246	344	295	270
Wales	127	104	131	168	127	109	127	115	102	107	114	101	100	94	119	152	155

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Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:17 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:17 UTC; 935 of 935 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	3 of 3 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	935 of 935 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	935 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	935 of 935 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	ONS edition is current	the yearendingjune2026 edition counts at 2026-06-30, 123 days before retrieval (limit 200)
Pass	The forces add up to their region or Wales, and the nations to England and Wales	in 204 of 204 cases the forces of each region and of Wales, England's regions, and England, Wales and the British Transport Police sum to the whole within 0 (204 exactly)
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables – HTTP 200

Notes

Offences in which a firearm other than an air weapon was fired, used as a blunt instrument or used as a threat, recorded by the 43 territorial forces: the British Transport Police are not counted. The years run April to March until the year ending March 2024, then July to June.
The chart draws the latest two years; the table holds every year.