FOI Officer Assaults (0716-2024/25)
Request
Q1. Please can you tell me how many workers have reported being assaulted while on duty during the following time periods?
January – December 2022
January – December 2023
January – present 2024.
Q2. If time/costs allows, please can you tell me brief details of each incident.
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the number of crimes recorded between 1 January 2022 and 17 November 2024 relating to ‘Assault with or without Injury on a Constable or an Emergency worker’, broken down by calendar year.
|
Calendar Year |
No. of Crimes |
|
2022 |
500 |
|
2023 |
660 |
|
2024 |
668 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the number of crimes broken down by ‘Description’ and calendar year.
|
Calendar Year |
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|
Description |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
|
Assault on person assisting a constable
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
Assault or assault by beating of a constable
|
294 |
449 |
459 |
|
|
Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker (except a constable)
|
72 |
72 |
95 |
|
|
Constable assault occasioning actual bodily harm
|
113 |
122 |
103 |
|
|
Constable GBH with Intent - Multiple descriptions
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Constable Malicious Wounding -
|
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Emergency Worker (other than a Constable) -
|
17 |
11 |
25 |
|
|
Emergency Worker (other than a Constable) -
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Vagrant violently resisting a constable
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.