Since July 2024, a total of 80,190 knives and weapons have been surrendered or seized through two surrender schemes, two surrender and compensation schemes, Border Force seizures and seizures through the County Lines programme. The table below sets out the figures.

Number of knives seized / surrendered

Scheme

Date

Source

47,795

Zombie-style knife and machete surrender and compensation scheme

25/08/24 – 23/09/24

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

3,942

Ninja sword surrender and compensation scheme

01/07/25 – 31/07/25

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

3,570

Extended knife and weapons surrender arrangements

01/07/25 – 31/07/25

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament

11,787

Home Office funded surrender bins

04/09/25 – 31/07/26

Total surrendered knives and weapons - GOV.UK

3,811

Knife and weapons surrender arrangements

3/08/2026 – 31/08/2026

-

1,900

County Lines programme

07/2024 – 03/2026

County Lines Programme data - GOV.UK

7,385

Border force seizures

07/2024 – 06/2026

Migration transparency data - GOV.UK

80,190

Total

A total of 3,811 knives and weapons were surrendered during the Government’s knife and weapons surrender scheme, held from 3 August to 31 August 2026 in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, London, South and West Yorkshire. Members of the public could surrender knives and weapons anonymously at a mobile surrender van operated by FazAmnesty and through surrender bins installed by Word 4 Weapons and funded by the Home Office. The scheme was extended into South and West Yorkshire through the provision of 8 additional surrender bins, alongside 37 existing bins in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and London.

The previous extended surrender arrangements the Government ran in July 2025 resulted in a total of 3,570 knives and weapons being surrendered to the mobile surrender van and 37 surrender bins funded by the Home Office.

The 37 surrender bins remained in place following the end of last year’s arrangements and a total of 11,787 knives and weapons were surrendered between September 2025 and July 2026.

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