Incidents of violence, aggression or self-harm which took place in or involving NHS vehicles

FOI reference: FOI-2025-2700

You asked

Please can you provide information concerning the below for inclusive of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland:

Violence or aggression 

1. How many incidents of violence or aggression, were reported in total to have occurred inside, during conveyance or involving: ambulance vehicles; NHS transport vehicles; police vehicles; and private transport service vehicles acting in behalf of private or NHS services  

2. Were the total number of incidents of violence or aggression inside all the vehicle types specified above per year between 1 January 2004 and 31 Dec 

3. What were the total number of incidents of violence or aggression inside all the vehicle types specified above separated by each vehicle type  and per year 1 January 2004 and 31 Dec as follows 

   • Ambulance vehicle 
   • Police vehicle 
   • NHS transport vehicle 
   • Private NHS vehicle 

Self-harm 

1. How many incidents of self harm behaviour were reported in total to have occurred inside, during conveyance or involving: ambulance vehicles; NHS transport vehicles; police vehicles; and private transport vehicles services acting in behalf of private or NHS services Between 1 January 2004 and 31 Dec

2. What were the total number of Self Harm inside all the vehicle types specified above per year between 1 January 2004 and 31 Dec

3. What were the total number of incidents of self-harm inside all the vehicle types specified above separated by each vehicle type  and per year 1 January 2004 and 31 Dec as follows 

   • Ambulance vehicle 
   • Police vehicle 
   • NHS transport vehicle 
   • Private NHS vehicle

We said

Thank you for your request.

Unfortunately, we do not record incidents of violence, aggression or self-harm which took place in or involving NHS vehicles specifically. Additionally, crime statistics published by the Office for National Statistics cover England and Wales, not the United Kingdom. 

We do publish data on the nature of violent incidents in our Nature of Crime Violence tables and headline estimates of violence from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime can be found in the Appendix tables A1 and A5 respectively. 

Additionally, the home office may be able to provide more information on the location of incidents of police recorded crime. You can contact them at the following email: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.