to compare stats from one jurisdication to another. What is an offence in one county might not be in another - also the definition of offences differ so as to make it impossible to compare different countries.
Here is a link to a Home Office document for crime stats over 2006/07. Section 2.7 deals with Robberies and firearms...but it's not possible to know what was an imitation weapon or a real one. The section reports that for that year the number of robberies involving firearms in shops was 1003 - or just under 3 a day. Of course it's not known whether these were real, imitation or a finger in the pocket type
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0308.pdf
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