FOI 423674
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 423674
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 28th July 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
I would like to request an answer to the following question:
How many police officers were assaulted on duty in your police force area in the financial years
2024 - 2025
2023 - 2024
2022 - 2023
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the requested information.
Caveat:
An officer may have been assaulted multiple times in one year or across different years therefore the number of assault crimes is different from the number of individual officers who have been assaulted.
We have therefore provided three tables, the first shows the number of relevant crimes recorded. The second shows the number of individual officers who have been assaulted at least once within the time period and the third shows the number of individual officers who have been assaulted at least once in each fiscal year.
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Number of Reports of assaults on police officers |
Fiscal Year |
Grand Total |
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2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
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628 |
716 |
658 |
2002 |
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Number of police officers who have been the victim of an assault between 01/04/2022 & 31/03/2025 |
1026 |
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Number of police officers who have been the victim of an assault in each fiscal year |
Fiscal Year |
Grand Total |
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2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
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456 |
516 |
471 |
1443 |
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