Inspector Dave Lockyear 
Information Access Manager 
Information Management Services 
 
Mr Sonny Bradley 
[email address] 
[FOI #1568 email] 
 
Direct line 
Direct fax 
020 7601 2279 
020 7601 2088 
 
Your ref:  
Our ref:  
 
26 August 2008 
 
Dear Mr Bradley 
 
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REF:  COL/08/310 
 
I write in connection with your request for information dated 3 August 2008 in which you 
seek access to the following information: 
 
1.  How many crimes have occurred in the last decade involving a person(s) being 
stabbed? 
 
2.  How many crimes have occurred in the last decade involving a person(s) being 
fatally stabbed? 
 
3.  If possible, could I have a percentage breakdown of the race of the offender(s) - e.g. 
40% - white, 15% - black, etc? 
 
Data is only available from 2000 and these statistics therefore relate to the period 1 
January 2000 to 31December 2007. 
 
28 stabbings have occurred in the City of London Police force area in this period, of 
which 2 resulted in the victim dying.  The breakdown of ethnicity of the suspects or 
offenders is as follows: 
 
White: 39.3% 
Black: 25.0% 
Asian: 10.7% 
Other: 3.6% 
Unknown: 21.4% 
 
 
 
 
Wood Street Police Station 
PO Box 36427, 37 Wood Street, London EC2M 2NP 
Tel 020 7601 2279          Textphone 020 7601 2906 
www.cityoflondon.police.uk 
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Should you have any further questions regarding your request, please contact me via e-
mail, letter or telephone, quoting the reference number above. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
Inspector Dave Lockyear 
Information Access Manager 
 
Wood Street Police Station 
PO Box 36427, 37 Wood Street, London EC2M 2NP 
Tel 020 7601 2279          Textphone 020 7601 2906 
www.cityoflondon.police.uk 
 

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