FOI 0503-2025/26- Over 65 weapon offences

Request:

For the purpose of this request, the time frames to be considered are (i.e. financial years):

April 2020 - April 2021

April 2021 - April 2022

April 2022 - April 2023

April 2023 - April 2024

April 2024 - April 2025

Q1. Broken down by the above timeframes, how many people aged 65 and over have been arrested on possession of a bladed article or offensive weapon?

Q2. Of those number, please can you detail how many of these arrests were of males and how many were females?

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1. Please see the table below showing the distinct count of arrests between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 where the arrested person was 65 or over at the time of arrest and the arrest reason contains ‘possess’ and one of the following: ‘blade’ ‘knife’ or ‘weapon’, broken down by financial year.

Q2. Of the above, please see the below table showing the breakdown of gender.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.