"Figure 14: Firearms were fired in half of all police recorded crime firearm cases ","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics." "Unit","%" "","" "Weapon type","Fired","Used as blunt instrument","Used as threat" "Non-air weapons","38","3","59" "Air weapons","81","0","19" "Total","51","2","47"