2022/25560 - Linked-Series Firearms

REQUEST

I am requesting the following information.

1) How many linked-series firearms – i.e firearms that have been used on more than one occasion – have been investigated by your police force over the last four calendar years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)?  

2) The total number of firearms crimes the linked-series firearms have been involved in.

Clarification from requestor: Firearm to include any weapon, licensed or not (excluding air rifles), that have been linked to more than one incident or recorded crime.

RESPONSE