MTinister for Police and Crime (): The ninja sword surrender and
compensation scheme and the extended surrender arrangements,
introduced by this Government, has been one of the most
successful weapon surrender regimes to date. Across both schemes,
more weapons were surrendered by members of the public.
4,020 weapons were surrendered by members of the
public compared to 2,738 weapons
surrendered by the public during the zombie-style knives and
machetes scheme, which took place last year.
The Government has implemented a ban on ninja swords approved by
Parliament earlier this year, the ban came into force on
1st August 2025.
A surrender and compensation scheme ran from 1st July
and concluded on 31st July 2025. Compensating lawful
owners is a legal requirement and the owner must be offered
compensation when handing in their items in compliance with the
law and guidance. An analysis of the scheme is set out below.
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Total weapons surrendered
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3,942 (and this includes 142 weapons
where compensation not claimed)
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Overall total claimed in compensation
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£6,526.84
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For the ninja sword surrender and compensation scheme, only
2 retailers submitted compensation claims
compared to 25 retailers who submitted claims
during the zombie-style knives and machetes surrender and
compensation scheme last year.
The Government provided extended knife surrender arrangements in
the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and London. These
arrangements allowed members of the public to surrender weapons
anonymously at a mobile surrender van operated by FazAmnesty and
in 37 new surrender bins installed by Word 4 Weapons with Home
Office funding. There is no compensation payable under such
arrangements. The total number of surrendered weapons under the
extended arrangements are set out below.
Mobile Surrender Van
Total surrendered weapons: 783
Surrender Bins
Total surrendered weapons: 2,7871
[1] Count carried out on all surrender bins between 27 August and
3 September 2025
