Assaults on Emergency Workers 2020 to 2024
Publication Number: 1565
FOI Number: 20972
Information Request
1. Since 1 January 2020 to 1 November 2024, how many people has your force arrested following allegations that they have assaulted an emergency worker - offence code 00873?
The offence code for assaulting an emergency worker is as follows:
|
TEW |
Violence against the person |
8.22 Assault of an emergency worker |
00873 |
00873 - Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker |
and relates to Section 67 of the Sentencing Act 2020.
Please provide a breakdown of the number of arrests per calendar year.
2. For each arrest, please provide the following information:
(a) The gender (M/F) of the suspect
(b) The gender (M/F) of the victim
(c) The ethnicity of the suspect
(d) The ethnicity of the victim
(e) Whether the arrest led to a charge (Y/N)
Further Clarification
Please can you provide me with Crime data for the offence of 'Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker' using Home Office offence code 08/73.
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – See below
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Notes
- The recording of Arrests does not involve the Home Office Classification in the same way as the recording of Offences. The enclosed results are based on the Reason for Arrest being “Assault - On emergency worker”. These results will cover both ABH and GBH offences.
- Victim details have been found using the linked Crime Reference on the custody record, but this field is not always filled in.
Caveat: The data is correct as at 13 November 2024
Numbers of Arrests
Numbers of Females Arrested for ‘Assault - On emergency worker’ by Year and Ethnicity – 2020 to 2024
| Female | Total | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British | Black or Black British | Mixed | Not stated | Other Ethnic Group | White | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 241 | 288 |
| 2021 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 218 | 292 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 1 | 208 | 296 |
| 2023 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 64 | 1 | 240 | 342 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 176 | 234 |
Numbers of Males Arrested for ‘Assault - On emergency worker’ by Year and Ethnicity – 2020 to 2024
| Male | Total | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British | Black or Black British | Mixed | Not stated | Other Ethnic Group | White | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 58 | 3 | 534 | 659 |
| 2021 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 101 | 4 | 452 | 634 |
| 2022 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 122 | 2 | 451 | 624 |
| 2023 | 14 | 42 | 12 | 121 | 2 | 429 | 620 |
| 2024 | 8 | 36 | 15 | 106 | 2 | 376 | 543 |
Numbers of Persons with Unspecified Gender Arrested for ‘Assault - On emergency worker’ by Year and Ethnicity – 2020 to 2024
| Unspecified | Total | |||
| Black or Black British | Mixed | White | ||
| 2020 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | ||||
| 2024 | ||||
Numbers of Victims
Numbers of Female Victims of Assault on Emergency Worker Offences by Year and Ethnicity – 2020 to 2024
| Female | Total | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British | Black or Black British | Mixed | Not stated | Other Ethnic Group | White | ||
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 241 | 284 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 262 | 306 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 241 | 289 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 283 | 317 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 137 | 161 | |
Numbers of Male Victims of Assault on Emergency Worker Offences by Year and Ethnicity – 2020 to 2024
| Male | Total | ||||||
| Asian or Asian British | Black or Black British | Mixed | Not stated | Other Ethnic Group | White | ||
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 699 | 748 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 651 | 746 |
| 2022 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 77 | 1 | 625 | 731 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 92 | 596 | 710 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 342 | 398 |
Numbers of Unspecified Gender Victims of Assault on Emergency Worker Offences by Year and Ethnicity – 2020 to 2024
| Unspecified | Total | ||
| Not stated | White | ||
| 2020 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2022 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Numbers of Charges
Numbers of Arrests for ‘Assault - On emergency worker’ that Resulted in a Charge by Year – 2020 to 2024
| Year | Charges |
| 2020 | 624 |
| 2021 | 559 |
| 2022 | 564 |
| 2023 | 530 |
| 2024 | 399 |
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from several sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
Headline data on Violence Against the Person offences recorded by Essex Police between January and September 2024 can be found within the monthly Essex Police performance reports published by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex:
Essex Police Performance - Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner
The following information on our website may also be of interest:
Published Items – Assault Offences | Essex Police