"Figure 3. Offences involving knives or sharp instruments recorded by the police increased in the last year but remains lower than pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels","" "England and Wales (excluding Greater Manchester Police), year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) reviewed their recording of knife enabled crime in December 2017 which revealed that they were under-counting these offences. Previous data were not revised at the time and therefore data from GMP are excluded to allow for comparison over time. 3. An adjustment has been made to data prior to the year ending March 2021 for police forces who are now using the NDQIS tool and the total for England and Wales. As more police forces switch to the NDQIS tool, historical data for these forces and for England and Wales will continue to be updated. For more information on the adjustment to the time series and the differences in data collection methods, please see the methodology note [Police recorded offences involving knives or sharp instruments: methodology changes] (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/methodologies/policerecordedoffencesinvolvingknivesorsharpinstrumentsmethodologychanges). 4. Other selected offences include rape, attempted murder, homicide, and sexual assault." "Unit","Number of incidents (thousands)" "","" "","Assault with injury and assault with intent to cause serious harm","Robbery","Threats to kill","Other selected offences" "Mar 11"," 14637 "," 17128 "," 1415 "," 762 " "Mar 12"," 13132 "," 16928 "," 1165 "," 724 " "Mar 13"," 11822 "," 13652 "," 1152 "," 617 " "Mar 14"," 12209 "," 12409 "," 1292 "," 745 " "Mar 15"," 13908 "," 10988 "," 1697 "," 849 " "Mar 16"," 16283 "," 11464 "," 2303 "," 951 " "Mar 17"," 19547 "," 14307 "," 2921 "," 1114 " "Mar 18"," 21867 "," 19128 "," 3407 "," 1224 " "Mar 19"," 22847 "," 21145 "," 3938 "," 1341 " "Mar 20"," 22898 "," 22623 "," 4730 "," 1640 " "Mar 21"," 20616 "," 14766 "," 4749 "," 1432 " "Mar 22"," 22609 "," 15526 "," 5504 "," 1646"