British Crime Survey statistics for the year up to September 2011 show that although there was no percentage change in the level of offences involving a knife or sharp instrument compared with the 12 months to September 2010, there were changes in individual offence groups.
Robberies involving a knife increased by 10 per cent over the year from 13,971 to 15,313.
However, in contrast, there were decreases in the number of grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm offences involving a knife (down eight per cent, from 13,400 to 12,351) and threats to kill (down 15 per cent, from 1,480 to 1,263).
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