"Figure 3.8: Number of robberies in which firearms were reported to have been used, by location of offence, year ending March 2003 to year ending March 2015","" "England and Wales ","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. These crimes are classified as robberies but are mostly break-ins where firearms have been used immediately before or at the time of stealing items from a residential property, and in order to steal these items. If firearms are used instead in the getaway, the crime is classified as a burglary." "Unit","Number of offences" "","" "Location","Public highway","Shop, garage, stall etc","Bank, Building society, Post Office","Residential","Other premises or open space" "2003"," 1899 "," 1553 "," 464 "," 280 "," 580 " "2004"," 1674 "," 1278 "," 287 "," 345 "," 533 " "2005"," 1316 "," 1016 "," 221 "," 450 "," 741 " "2006"," 1439 "," 1174 "," 191 "," 645 "," 672 " "2007"," 1457 "," 1111 "," 152 "," 613 "," 644 " "2008"," 1315 "," 1136 "," 157 "," 481 "," 925 " "2009"," 1106 "," 1156 "," 130 "," 557 "," 666 " "2010"," 1126 "," 1077 "," 115 "," 605 "," 740 " "2011"," 957 "," 939 "," 105 "," 693 "," 281 " "2012"," 845 "," 719 "," 69 "," 385 "," 549 " "2013"," 656 "," 621 "," 122 "," 417 "," 390 " "2014"," 583 "," 581 "," 92 "," 348 "," 373 " "2015","493","534","76","301","312"