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Police recorded knife-enabled robbery offences

Management information on knife-enabled robberies (KER) recorded by the 7 KER Group police forces. This is a regular quarterly release.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 20 May 2026
• Last updated: 13 August 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Police recorded knife-enabled robbery offences methodology note

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Knife-enabled robbery management information, July 2024 to June 2026

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This release provides information from the 7 KER Group police forces on the number of monthly KER offences they have recorded up to June 2026. The 7 forces are: Avon and Somerset, Greater Manchester, Metropolitan, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire and British Transport Police (England and Wales only).

The latest provisional management information shows that these 7 forces recorded 12,282 KER offences in the YE June 2026, a 23% fall compared with the June 2024 baseline (15,921 offences).

The data is provisional and taken from live force systems.

The pre-release access list for this publication can be found here.

Published 20 May 2026

Last updated 13 August 2026 — Show all updates

1. 13 August 2026

   Replaced data tables 'Knife-enabled robbery management information, July 2024 to June 2026' to include data to June 2026.

2. 20 May 2026

   First published.