"Figure 6: Following longer-term declines and more recent rises, crimes involving firearms show a similar picture to the previous year ","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2003 to year ending September 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Data are provisional and have not been reconciled with police forces. 3. Figures exclude conventional air weapons, such as air rifles. 4. Data from Greater Manchester Police are not included for the years ending September 2018 and September 2019." "Unit","Number of offences" "","" "","Shotguns","Handguns","Rifles","Imitation firearms","Unidentified firearms","Other firearms" "Mar 03","672"," 5549 "," 52 "," 1814 "," 1431 "," 730 " "Mar 04","718"," 5144 "," 48 "," 2146 "," 1356 "," 926 " "Mar 05","597"," 4360 "," 54 "," 3373 "," 1500 "," 1185 " "Mar 06","642"," 4672 "," 71 "," 3277 "," 1362 "," 1064 " "Mar 07","612"," 4173 "," 69 "," 2516 "," 1276 "," 999 " "Mar 08","602"," 4172 "," 71 "," 2561 "," 1325 "," 1134 " "Mar 09","618"," 4273 "," 89 "," 1507 "," 953 "," 759 " "Mar 10","581"," 3757 "," 67 "," 1526 "," 1368 "," 783 " "Mar 11","611"," 3107 "," 74 "," 1618 "," 958 "," 672 " "Mar 12","494"," 2655 "," 56 "," 1387 "," 834 "," 596 " "Mar 13","453"," 2256 "," 43 "," 1226 "," 724 "," 456 " "Mar 14","387"," 2134 "," 55 "," 1142 "," 698 "," 440 " "Mar 15","431"," 2061 "," 52 "," 1123 "," 833 "," 411 " "Mar 16","411"," 2157 "," 48 "," 1431 "," 666 "," 469 " "Mar 17","592"," 2685 "," 61 "," 1642 "," 844 "," 551 " "","","","","","","" "Sep 18","610","2598","79","1313","901","614" "Sep 19","606","2563","66","1351","896","662"