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statistics of knife crime in London in relation to race.

A Freedom of Information request to City of London Police by Sonny Bradley

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Sonny Bradley

3 August 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am requesting basic stats in relation to knife crime in London
in roughly the past decade.The main info i would like to know are

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,etc.

PLEASE NOTE; the information requested is for help with a book that
i am currently working on and not in anyway related to any racism
cultural hate.

Yours faithfully,

Sonny Bradley

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Goddard Laura
City of London Police

6 August 2008

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Dear Mr Bradley

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REF: COL/08/310

I write in connection with your request for information dated 3rd August
2008, which was received by the Information Access Office on 4th August
2008. I note that you seek access to the following information:

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,etc.

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Lockyear David
City of London Police

27 August 2008


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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%

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

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Sonny Bradley

28 August 2008

Dear Lockyear David,

Many thanks for your response. I appreciate the hassle of E-mails
of this nature and I am grateful for your response. You have
answered my questions and i would just like to let you know that i
have know intention of printing or sharing your E-mail and it is
already deleted!

Yours sincerely,

Sonny Bradley

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