"Figure 4: Firearm offences recorded by the police fell this year following rises in recent years","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2003 to year ending March 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. More explicit guidelines for the classification of weapons introduced on 1 April 2004 may have increased the recording of firearm offences, particularly those committed by imitation weapons." "Unit","Number of offences" "","" "","Non-air firearms","Air firearms","All firearms" "Mar 03","10248","13822","24070" "Mar 04","10338","13756","24094" "Mar 05","11069","11824","22893" "Mar 06","11088","10438","21526" "Mar 07","9645","8836","18481" "Mar 08","9865","7478","17343" "Mar 09","8199","6041","14240" "Mar 10","8082","4931","13013" "Mar 11","7040","4295","11335" "Mar 12","6022","3510","9532" "Mar 13","5158","2977","8135" "Mar 14","4856","2873","7729" "Mar 15","4911","2956","7867" "Mar 16","5182","3217","8399" "Mar 17","6375","3203","9578" "Mar 18","6534","2861","9395" "Mar 19","6884","3122","10006" "Mar 20","6622","2784","9406"