Home Office Police Officer Assaults
Assaults on constables recorded as crimes by police forces, from the Home Office police workforce releases. The Home Office published no force-level table for 2024/25 or 2025/26 (national totals only), so the newest year held here is older than the newest release. Newest year loaded: 2023/24. This source is not updated automatically.
300 records44,775 assaults (2023/24)7 years held2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 which years
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Records
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| Name | Details | With injury | Without injury | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset | 434 | 1,409 | 1,843 | |
| Bedfordshire | 73 | 389 | 462 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 57 | 491 | 548 | |
| Cheshire | 269 | 630 | 899 | |
| Cleveland | 143 | 641 | 784 | |
| Cumbria | 110 | 444 | 554 | |
| Derbyshire | 233 | 621 | 854 | |
| Devon and Cornwall | 38 | 968 | 1,006 | |
| Dorset | 65 | 361 | 426 | |
| Durham | 98 | 568 | 666 | |
| Dyfed-Powys | 25 | 218 | 243 | |
| Essex | 244 | 1,264 | 1,508 | |
| Gloucestershire | 93 | 25 | 118 | |
| Greater Manchester | 77 | 1,784 | 1,861 | |
| Gwent | 153 | 348 | 501 | |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 284 | 1,152 | 1,436 | |
| Hertfordshire | 223 | 630 | 853 | |
| Humberside | 191 | 724 | 915 | |
| Kent | 204 | 1,219 | 1,423 | |
| Lancashire | 260 | 767 | 1,027 | |
| Leicestershire | 218 | 710 | 928 | |
| Lincolnshire | 104 | 344 | 448 | |
| London, City of | 28 | 63 | 91 | |
| Merseyside | 281 | 762 | 1,043 | |
| Metropolitan Police | 2,758 | 3,798 | 6,556 | |
| Norfolk | 179 | 719 | 898 | |
| Northamptonshire | 144 | 553 | 697 | |
| Northumbria | 172 | 681 | 853 | |
| North Wales | 171 | 330 | 501 | |
| North Yorkshire | 130 | 463 | 593 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 199 | 446 | 645 | |
| South Wales | 255 | 657 | 912 | |
| South Yorkshire | 276 | 635 | 911 | |
| Staffordshire | 366 | 572 | 938 | |
| Suffolk | 122 | 374 | 496 | |
| Surrey | 193 | 672 | 865 | |
| Sussex | 257 | 1,270 | 1,527 | |
| Thames Valley | 236 | 1,224 | 1,460 | |
| Warwickshire | 82 | 203 | 285 | |
| West Mercia | 205 | 514 | 719 | |
| West Midlands | 953 | 1,756 | 2,709 | |
| West Yorkshire | 508 | 1,820 | 2,328 | |
| Wiltshire | 119 | 326 | 445 | |
| Avon and Somerset | 358 | 1,194 | 1,552 | |
| Bedfordshire | 75 | 388 | 463 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 86 | 486 | 572 | |
| Cheshire | 221 | 528 | 749 | |
| Cleveland | 138 | 639 | 777 | |
| Cumbria | 105 | 368 | 473 | |
| Derbyshire | 148 | 436 | 584 |
Assaults on constables by force (2023/24)
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| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police | 6,556 |
| West Midlands | 2,709 |
| West Yorkshire | 2,328 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,861 |
| Avon and Somerset | 1,843 |
| Sussex | 1,527 |
| Essex | 1,508 |
| Thames Valley | 1,460 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wi | 1,436 |
| Kent | 1,423 |
The chart ranks forces by recorded assaults on constables in the latest year held. Counts are not adjusted for force size.