A surge in gun and knife offences has helped fuel a 14% increase in crime across England and Wales.
Forces recorded 37,443 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in the year ending September 2017 – a 21% increase compared with the same period the previous year.
Gun crime also went up by a fifth with 6,694 offences recorded.
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: “These figures are truly shocking and should put an end to Government complacency on crime.
“The Tories are failing in a basic duty to protect the public.”
Overall, police forces logged 5.3 million crimes.