Hanyu Zhao

Via Email

13^th January 2009

Dear Hanyu

Thank you for your request, received on 5^th January 2009 made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please find attached our response.

Re-Use of Information

Any information we provide following your request under the Freedom of Information Act will not confer an automatic right for you to re-use that information, for example to publish it. If you wish to re-use the information that we provide and you do not specify this in your initial application for information then you must make a further request for it's re-use as per the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk. This will not affect your initial information request.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.

If you are not content with our response you can request a review by writing to:

Head of Policy

Criminal Records Bureau

PO Box 165

Liverpool

L69 3JD

Yours Sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

FOI Reference Number: 10884

Information Requested:

This is a Freedom of Information request to City of London Policy.

I am requesting basic statistics in relation to knife crime in London in roughly the past decade.

1. How many crimes have occurred in the last decade involving a person being stabbed?

2. How many crimes have occurred in the last decade involving a person being fatally stabbed?

3. If possible, could I have a percentage breakdown of nationalities of offenders and victims?

4. If possible, could I have a percentage breakdown of position of offenders? (broken down by sex, job category and education level.)

5. If possible, could you let me know the percentage of offenders who were overseas students in 2007?

6. How many of offenders were Chinese and how many of victims were Chinese?

I would like the above information to be provided to me as paper copies.

Response:

The Criminal Records Bureau remit is to assist UK employers in the recruitment process of individuals who will be working with children and vulnerable adults by issuing "Disclosures".

The CRB does not hold a copy of the Police National Computer (PNC) record of convictions. The system held by the CRB is known as a PNC Extract. The extract contains basic identifying details such as name and date of birth of persons included on the PNC. The extract does not contain any conviction information. The police force both own and maintain all information contained on the PNC.

The CRB issues Higher Level Disclosures for employment and licensing purposes, as provided for in part V of the Police Act 1997. Higher Level Disclosures (Standard and Enhanced) can only be asked for in relation to positions that are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA) (Exceptions) Order 1975. These are positions/licensing requirements for which an employer/regulatory authority may ask to see spent as well as unspent conviction information, cautions, reprimands and warnings recorded separately on the Police National Computer (PNC).

The CRB do not hold the information you request in relation to knife crime in London. Criminal information is held by the Police force therefore you should forward your request to the Metropolitan Police.