Number of police officers assaulted in England and Wales in 2018 and 2019

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2 November 2020

You asked

Please can you provide details of the number of police officers assaulted in England and Wales in 2018 and 2019. Please specify the level of assault sustained.

  1. Attempted Murder

  2. Wounding with intent/wounding

  3. Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) with intent/GBH

  4. Actual Bodily Harm

  5. Assault with intent to resist arrest

  6. Common assault

We said

Thank you for your request relating to police officers assaulted in England and Wales.

We publish police recorded crime data for "assault with injury on a constable" and "assault without injury on a constable" within Appendix table A4, published alongside our Crime in England and Wales quarterly bulletin.

The only data we hold which provide a more detailed breakdown are published in the Homicide in England and Wales Appendix tables (tables 13 and 14). These tables contain data from the Home Office Homicide Index and show the apparent circumstances of offences currently recorded as homicide, of which one element is "While attempting to restrain or arrest individual".

Unfortunately, we do not hold any further breakdowns by the level of injury.

Police recorded crime data and Homicide Index data are supplied to us by the Home Office, who are responsible for the collation of recorded crime data supplied by police forces in England and Wales.

The Home Office may be able to provide you with a more detailed breakdown and can be contacted at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.

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