2025/28715 - Stabbing-Related Incidents in Newport 2022-2024

REQUEST

Dear Gwent Police,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information relating to stabbing-related incidents in your authority.

1. The total number of stabbing-related incidents in Newport in the past three years in 2024, 2023 and 2022.
2. How many deaths there have been from stabbing-related incidents in Newport in the past three years in 2024, 2023 and 2022.
3. How many people have been imprisoned from stabbing-related incidents in Newport in the past three years in 2024, 2023 and 2022.
4. What has been the average age of people involved in stabbing-related incidents in Newport in the past three years in 2024, 2023 and 2022.

CLARIFICATION NEEDED FROM REQUESTOR:

Please can the requestor clarify questions 1 and 4.

For Q1 are they looking for any crimes related to stabbings (i.e., threats, attempts, stabbed an individual) or only looking for crimes where a person has been stabbed?

For Q4 are they after the average age of victims or offenders?

CLARIFICATION RECEIVED:

For Question 1, I am looking for any crimes related to stabbings.

For Question 4, I am the after the average age of offenders.

RESPONSE