Surrender bins across Warwickshire as Ninja swords become illegal to own

Dear Resident

Following the tragic killing of a 16-year-old boy in Wolverhampton in 2022, Ninja swords will be illegal to own, manufacture or import from 1 August.

The ban comes after campaigners pushed for tougher rules around owning blades that have no practical purpose beyond being used as weapons.

From July until the ban, a Home Office scheme will allow people in Warwickshire to surrender Ninja swords in police stations.

Legally, a Ninja sword is defined as:

“A fixed bladed article with a blade between 14-24 inches (the length of the blade being the straight-line distance from the top of the handle to the tip of the blade) with:

1. A simple straight cutting edge; and

2. A tanto style point.

3. A reversed tanto style point."

Special surrender bins, funded by the Home Office, will be there to use at our stations in Stratford upon Avon, Rugby, Leamington and Nuneaton.