Knife Crime Prevention Orders so far

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Dear Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime,

Please could you provide any information or data you have collected on the use of Knife Crime Prevention Orders since you began the pilot.

How many Knife Crime Prevention Orders have been issued since the pilot began?
What is the demographic breakdown of those who were issued with Knife Crime Prevention Orders? Please include gender, age, race, and area.
How many Knife Crime Prevention Orders were issued to individuals believed to be carrying knives?
How many Knife Crime Prevention Orders were issued to individuals believed to be habitual knife carriers?
How many applications have been made by the police to the courts for Knife Crime Prevention Orders? How many orders were granted? How many orders were rejected?
Of the Knife Crime Prevention orders that were rejected, please provide reasons why.
Can you share any data you have on courts providing positive intervention? Such as such as educational courses, sports club referrals, relationship counselling, anger management, mentoring and drug rehabilitation.
Have any Knife Crime Prevention Orders been breached? If so, please share the criminal offence that was handed to the individuals who breached the orders.

Yours faithfully,

Meka Beresford

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MOPAC FOI, Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Dear Meka

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request of 23 March 2022 to the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) FOI Team

We acknowledge the receipt of your FOI request and will be back in touch with you within the 20 working days statutory deadline i.e. 19 April 2022.

Thank you

Yours sincerely

MOPAC FOI Team | Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime | Email [email address] | Website www.london.gov.uk/policing |Address 169 Union Street, Southwark, London SE1 0LL

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MOPAC FOI, Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Dear Meka

Thank you for your freedom of information request which the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) received on 23 March. I can confirm that your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and that MOPAC does hold some information relating to your request.

Our response to your requests are as follows:

1. How many Knife Crime Prevention Orders have been issued since the pilot began?

As of 29th March 2022, 36 Knife Crime Prevention Orders have been granted.

2. What is the demographic breakdown of those who were issued with Knife Crime Prevention Orders? Please include gender, age, race, and area.

MOPAC does not hold up to date information on the demographical breakdown of issued Knife Crime Prevention Orders.

For up to date information, you may wish to contact the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) directly at: https://www.met.police.uk/rqo/request/ri...

or by using this email address: [email address]

3. How many Knife Crime Prevention Orders were issued to individuals believed to be carrying knives?

MOPAC does not hold this information.

4. How many Knife Crime Prevention Orders were issued to individuals believed to be habitual knife carriers?

MOPAC does not hold this information.

5. How many applications have been made by the police to the courts for Knife Crime Prevention Orders? How many orders were granted? How many orders were rejected? Of the Knife Crime Prevention orders that were rejected, please provide reasons why.

As of 29th March 2022, 69 applications resulted in a court hearing, 36 were granted and 33 rejected.

MOPAC does not hold information on the reasoning behind rejected Knife Crime Prevention Orders.

6. Can you share any data you have on courts providing positive intervention? Such as such as educational courses, sports club referrals, relationship counselling, anger management, mentoring and drug rehabilitation.

When an application is made by the MPS to the court, the MPS must outline the intervention that will be attached to the order. The Court will not provide the positive intervention.

MOPAC does not hold information regarding the breakdown of what interventions have been attached to the 36 orders granted.

7. Have any Knife Crime Prevention Orders been breached? If so, please share the criminal offence that was handed to the individuals who breached the orders.
MOPAC does not hold this information.

For any information not held by MOPAC relating to your request, you may wish to contact the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) directly, who may be able to assist you further. You can send your request to them, here:
https://www.met.police.uk/rqo/request/ri...

or using this email address: [email address]

If you are unhappy with the response to your Freedom of Information request, please see the MOPAC website on what the next steps are at: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/may...

Kind regards, Julia

Julia Harries| Correspondence and FOI Lead | Private Office| Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime | Email [email address] | Website www.london.gov.uk/policing |Address 169 Union Street, Southwark, London SE1 0LL

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