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This series brings together all documents relating to crime statistics.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
A statistical release on trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife or offensive weapon offences.
Bids to the fund have been assessed as part of a competitive bidding process. 60 bids were successful and have been awarded funding for knife crime interventions.
Information on how to use a High Integrity Telecommunications System.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Detention services order 10/2012 about removing hidden blades from detainees.
Providing more detail on the knife and offensive weapon sentencing statistics presented in the knife and offensive weapon sentencing statistics publications.
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