Gun crime has risen by over a third during the last year. To see how your area has been affected check the table below.
| Police force | Gun crime 2001-2002 | Gun crime 2000-2001 |
| Avon & Somerset | 131 | 101 |
| Bedfordshire | 82 | 48 |
| Cambridgeshire | 49 | 31 |
| Cheshire | 50 | 44 |
| Cleveland | 24 | 16 |
| Cumbria | 9 | 13 |
| Derbyshire | 58 | 72 |
| Devon & Cornwall | 50 | 64 |
| Dorset | 34 | 14 |
| Durham | 19 | 18 |
| Essex | 98 | 77 |
| Gloucestershire | 45 | 23 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,361 | 964 |
| Hampshire | 58 | 49 |
| Hertfordshire | 69 | 36 |
| Humberside | 63 | 69 |
| Kent | 60 | 109 |
| Lancashire | 103 | 59 |
| Leicestershire | 71 | 58 |
| Lincolnshire | 22 | 24 |
| City of London | 5 | 5 |
| Merseyside | 299 | 278 |
| Metropolitan | 4,192 | 2,817 |
| Norfolk | 26 | 20 |
| Northamptonshire | 55 | 40 |
| Northumbria | 86 | 99 |
| North Yorkshire | 28 | 9 |
| Nottinghamshire | 204 | 157 |
| South Yorkshire | 170 | 129 |
| Staffordshire | 116 | 115 |
| Suffolk | 15 | 22 |
| Surrey | 40 | 52 |
| Sussex | 155 | 110 |
| Thames Valley | 267 | 198 |
| Warwickshire | 53 | 39 |
| West Mercia | 54 | 38 |
| West Midlands | 1,289 | 887 |
| West Yorkshire | 332 | 335 |
| Wiltshire | 26 | 13 |
| Dyfed Powys | 26 | 26 |
| Gwent | 18 | 11 |
| North Wales | 6 | 6 |
| South Wales | 56 | 67 |
| Total 9,974 (7,362) | 9,974 | 7,362 |
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