Offensive Weapons: Dyfed Powys Police Mr. Crabb To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of possession of a knife in (a) Dyfed Powys police force area and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years. Claire Ward Information showing the number of persons found guilty at all courts for having an article with a blade or point in a public place and on school premises in Dyfed Powys police force area and Wales from 1998 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table. Data for 2008 will be available in November 2009. 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|Police force area |1999|1998|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007| 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|Dyfed-Powys |23 |29 |27 |31 |35 |36 |39 |45 |29 |35 | 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|Gwent |18 |20 |21 |20 |33 |23 |48 |36 |56 |66 | 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|North Wales |55 |60 |42 |51 |74 |61 |67 |77 |113 |89 | 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|South Wales |98 |101 |83 |94 |114 |111 |124 |120 |153 |140 | 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|Wales |194 |210 |173 |196 |256 |231 |278 |278 |351 |330 | 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|1 Includes the following offences and statutes;Having an article with blade or point in public place. (Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139 as amended by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 S.3).Having an article with blade or point on school premises. (Criminal Justice Act 1988 S.139A (1)(5)(a) as added by Offensive Weapons Act 1996 S.4(1)).2 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.3 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.Source:Evidence and Analysis Unit - Office for Criminal Justice Reform| | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------