Home Office Police Use of Force
Annual Home Office statistics on police use of force by force: the number of use of force reports, Taser (CED) use and the reports in which restraint was used. The Home Office counts reports, not incidents or people. A dash means the Home Office does not publish that figure for that force or year in its data tables. The newest year loaded is 2025-26, each year from the edition that covers it. This source is not updated automatically.
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Records
Compare the labelled columns below. On a narrow screen, scroll the table horizontally to see every measure.
| Name | Details | Total reports | Taser drawn | Taser fired | Restraint reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset | 16,408 | 183 | 101 | 12,243 | |
| Bedfordshire | 9,451 | 95 | 26 | 7,465 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 10,468 | 106 | 32 | 7,622 | |
| Cheshire | 15,550 | 157 | 24 | 13,581 | |
| City of London | 2,684 | 19 | 1 | 2,228 | |
| Cleveland | 19,562 | 70 | 36 | 17,428 | |
| Cumbria | 12,278 | 98 | 22 | 8,996 | |
| Derbyshire | 18,566 | 166 | 41 | 13,939 | |
| Devon and Cornwall | 18,728 | 216 | 41 | 14,167 | |
| Dorset | 6,727 | 55 | 16 | 4,932 | |
| Durham | 13,311 | 58 | 81 | 11,971 | |
| Dyfed-Powys | 7,315 | 97 | 9 | 5,299 | |
| England and Wales | 866,471 | 8,510 | 2,538 | 674,526 | |
| Essex | 24,121 | 142 | 51 | 19,065 | |
| Gloucestershire | 8,300 | 155 | 30 | 5,090 | |
| Greater Manchester | 61,339 | 404 | 135 | 49,895 | |
| Gwent | 6,941 | 134 | 25 | 5,863 | |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 23,146 | 174 | 66 | 17,850 | |
| Hertfordshire | 16,256 | 167 | 32 | 13,041 | |
| Humberside | 16,180 | 237 | 59 | 13,186 | |
| Kent | 20,524 | 102 | 51 | 18,185 | |
| Lancashire | 28,517 | 166 | 50 | 20,316 | |
| Leicestershire | 15,713 | 224 | 67 | 12,059 | |
| Lincolnshire | 5,237 | 135 | 69 | 3,387 | |
| Merseyside | 28,224 | 460 | 88 | 20,268 | |
| Metropolitan Police | 109,891 | 1,484 | 483 | 85,658 | |
| Norfolk | 8,706 | 171 | 14 | 6,402 | |
| Northamptonshire | 10,596 | 212 | 47 | 7,897 | |
| Northumbria | 27,512 | 111 | 90 | 24,610 | |
| North Wales | 7,646 | 107 | 36 | 6,187 | |
| North Yorkshire | 11,843 | 113 | 22 | 9,413 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 15,979 | 101 | 28 | 11,663 | |
| South Wales | 15,838 | 224 | 61 | 12,789 | |
| South Yorkshire | 21,410 | 176 | 44 | 16,661 | |
| Staffordshire | 14,741 | 140 | 23 | 13,235 | |
| Suffolk | 4,720 | 141 | 20 | 3,320 | |
| Surrey | 14,023 | 191 | 32 | 10,235 | |
| Sussex | 20,619 | 328 | 45 | 14,426 | |
| Thames Valley | 29,640 | 166 | 148 | 22,009 | |
| Warwickshire | 5,259 | 46 | 7 | 4,356 | |
| West Mercia | 12,249 | 153 | 18 | 10,122 | |
| West Midlands | 61,080 | 409 | 161 | 44,160 | |
| West Yorkshire | 41,724 | 163 | 61 | 33,527 | |
| Wiltshire | 9,241 | 140 | 40 | 7,184 | |
| Avon and Somerset | 19,383 | 210 | 114 | 14,667 | |
| Bedfordshire | 6,970 | 100 | 18 | 5,357 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 11,040 | 143 | 12 | 8,157 | |
| Cheshire | 13,219 | 158 | 21 | 11,959 | |
| City of London | 2,963 | 21 | 3 | 2,513 | |
| Cleveland | 19,366 | 84 | 31 | 17,091 |
Top forces by use of force reports (2025-26)
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| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police | 109,891 |
| Greater Manchester | 61,339 |
| West Midlands | 61,080 |
| West Yorkshire | 41,724 |
| Thames Valley | 29,640 |
| Lancashire | 28,517 |
| Merseyside | 28,224 |
| Northumbria | 27,512 |
| Essex | 24,121 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wi | 23,146 |
The chart ranks territorial forces by total use of force reports in the latest loaded year.