Assaults on Duty
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008537/B
Version Date: 17/09/2025
The Workforce Planning and Health & Safety Departments have provided the following information.
1 - How many officers were assaulted while on duty in the past four years, and up to July 2025?
Please give separate figures for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to July 2025.
If possible, please break them down by gender of the victim too.
| Year | Male | Female | Total |
| 2021 | 602 | 276 | 878 |
| 2022 | 540 | 255 | 795 |
| 2023 | 435 | 202 | 637 |
| 2024 | 323 | 136 | 459 |
| 2025 | 136 | 73 | 209 |
2. How many new officers were employed by this force in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to July 2025?
Please break the stats down per year and gender.
| Year | Gender | Headcount |
| 2021 | F | 73 |
| M | 103 | |
| 2021 Total | 176 | |
| 2022 | F | 89 |
| M | 119 | |
| 2022 Total | 208 | |
| 2023 | F | 87 |
| M | 130 | |
| 2023 Total | 217 | |
| 2024 | F | 57 |
| M | 65 | |
| 2024 Total | 122 | |
| 2025 | F | 56 |
| M | 56 | |
| 2025 Total | 112 | |
| Grand Total | 835 |