FOI 20469
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HRC0020469/26
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16th July 2026 Please find below the response to your request:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request statistical information regarding two specific types of vehicle-related incidents.
Please can you provide the following data for the last three years (2023, 2024, 2025). Additionally, please provide details for year to date from 1st January 2026:
- How many recorded incidents has your force documented involving a targeted "vehicle as a weapon" attack on individuals/persons?
- How many recorded incidents has your force documented involving a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian not defined as a “vehicle as a weapon” attack e.g dangerous driving, driving under the influence, medical episode at the wheel etc.
- How many recorded incidents has your force documented involving the "ram-raiding" of premises?
- Where available, please categorise these incidents by:
- General location type (e.g., retail/commercial,
- public space, residential).
- Year of occurrence.
- Whether the incident resulted in
- physical injury or fatality.
- Whether the incident resulted in
- theft
- If answered yes to d, please state
- the value of the theft if known.
- If the incident was investigated
- by counter terrorism units
- Whether the incident was as a result
- of
-
- Targeted attack
- Driving under the influence of alcohol
- Driving under the influence of drugs
- Medical episode
- Carelessness
- Unlicensed driver
- Other (please specify if possible)
Reply
- How many recorded incidents has your force documented involving a targeted "vehicle as a weapon" attack on individuals/persons?
2023 - 6 slight injury collisions
2024 – 3 slight injury collisions
2025 – 1 serious injury collision and 7 slight injury collisions
2026 – 1 serious injury collision and 3 slight injury collisions.
- How many recorded incidents has your force documented involving a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian not defined as a “vehicle as a weapon” attack e.g dangerous driving, driving under the influence, medical episode at the wheel etc.
2023 – 8 fatal injury collisions, 76 serious injury collisions and 112 slight injury collisions
2024 – 5 fatal injury collisions, 64 serious injury collisions and 131 slight injury collisions
2025 – 5 fatal injury collisions, 74 serious injury collisions and 116 slight injury collisions
2026 – 2 fatal injury collisions , 29 serious injury collisions and 83 slight injury collisions
|
Type of location targeted and primary offence group of investigation |
Calender Year |
1 Jan - 30 Jun 2026 |
Grand Total |
||
|
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|||
|
Commercial |
18 |
10 |
12 |
4 |
44 |
|
ARSON AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
|
BURGLARY |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
|
THEFT |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
VEHICLE OFFENCES |
3 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Residential |
7 |
4 |
1 |
|
12 |
|
ARSON AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
BURGLARY |
3 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
|
THEFT |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
VEHICLE OFFENCES |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Grand Total |
25 |
14 |
13 |
4 |
56 |
|
Type of location targeted and primary offence group of investigation |
Calender Year |
1 Jan - 30 Jun 2026 |
Grand Total |
||
|
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|||
|
Commercial |
18 |
10 |
12 |
4 |
44 |
|
ARSON AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
|
No |
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
|
BURGLARY |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
|
No |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
|
Unknown |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Yes |
3 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
|
THEFT |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
No |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Yes |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
VEHICLE OFFENCES |
3 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
Yes |
3 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
No |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Residential |
7 |
4 |
1 |
|
12 |
|
ARSON AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
No |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
BURGLARY |
3 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
|
No |
2 |
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
Yes |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
THEFT |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Yes |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
VEHICLE OFFENCES |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Yes |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
No |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Grand Total |
25 |
14 |
13 |
4 |
56 |
|
Type of location targeted, primary offence group of investigations where a theft has been stated in incident summary by value of items stolen |
Calender Year |
1 Jan - 30 Jun 2026 |
Grand Total |
||
|
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|||
|
Commercial |
8 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
|
BURGLARY |
3 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
|
£23k |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Not Recorded |
3 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
THEFT |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
£18k |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
£4k |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Not Recorded |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
VEHICLE OFFENCES |
3 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
Not Recorded |
3 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
Residential |
3 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
BURGLARY |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
Not Recorded |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
THEFT |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Not Recorded |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
VEHICLE OFFENCES |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Not Recorded |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Grand Total |
11 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
19 |
Please note there is no separate field for injuries to be recorded. The incident summaries of investigations recorded as “Violence Against the Person” and none have detailed any injuries being sustained by the victim.
Whilst there is a field for recording stolen property this is not mandatory and is not routinely completed. The incident summaries have been reviewed and noted where property has been reported stolen and if included the value. There are instances where it was unknown at the time of the recording if property had been stolen, these have been recorded “unknown”.
We are unable to confirm if the officer was part of the counter terrorism unit at the time that the investigation was completed.
We are unable to confirm if the incident was part of a:
Targeted attack
Driving under the influence of alcohol
Driving under the influence of drugs
Medical episode
Carelessness
Unlicenced driver
Other
There is no marker, tag or offence title to denote any of the above being part of a ramraid.