Assaults on Police Officers - 23 March 2021 to 23 June 2021
Keywords
Crime, Report, Assault, Police, Personnel, Public-Facing, Rank, Community, Support, Officer, PCSO’s, Outcomes, Arrests, Reason, Offences, Emergency, Worker, Classifications,
Publication Number
PUB 1269
FOI Reference Number
15886
Request Title
Assaults on Police Officers
Date Range
23 March 2021 to 01 June 2021
Information Requested
1. Please could you let me know how many crime reports of an assault of a police personnel (public-facing police of any rank, including PCSOs) you have recorded between 23/3/21 and 23/6/21, and for the same three month period last year (only if you did not provide it in last year's request)? If possible, please include the date of each assault and any detail recorded about it.
2. Please provide the recorded crime outcomes for the crime reports found in question 1.
3. Please separately provide the number of arrests for an assault of a police personnel, within the time periods stated above.
4. Please provide the manner of the assaults found above.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Part Disclosure with Section 40(2) Exemption
Information Correct as at
07 October 2021
Date of Disclosure
19 October 2021
Related Documents/Links
Monthly Breakdown of Assaults On Police Jan 2019 to Oct 2020
Police Officers Attacked in Custody
FOI 15886 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 07 October 2021.
The Reason for Arrest for some offences will be classed as Assault on Police and some as Assault on Emergency Worker, both classifications have been included in the below figures.
The data for Question 3 has been extracted from a different system to that of the data for Questions 1, 2 and 4, therefore, slightly different figures have resulted.
Dates: 23 March 2021 to 23 June 2021.
1. Please could you let me know how many crime reports of an assault of a Police personnel (public-facing Police of any rank, including PCSOs) you have recorded between 23 March 2021 and 23 June 2021. If possible, please include the date of each assault and any detail recorded about it.
A total of 401 assaults have been reported between 23 March 2021 and 23 June 2021 – please see below table:
|
Month |
Count |
|---|---|
|
Mar-21 |
28 |
|
Apr-21 |
135 |
|
May-21 |
145 |
|
Jun-21 |
93 |
No further information will be provided by virtue of the following exemption:
Section 40(2) Personal Information
Providing a further breakdown in relation to the incident details and actual dates the incidents took place may allow individuals to be identified.
2. Please provide the recorded crime outcomes for the crime reports found in question 1.
|
Outcomes |
Count |
|---|---|
|
Adult Caution - conditional |
1 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
172 |
|
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police) |
1 |
|
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute |
15 |
|
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
1 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
44 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
8 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
6 |
|
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
32 |
|
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken |
1 |
|
Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action. |
7 |
|
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
8 |
|
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule. |
2 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
7 |
|
(blank) |
96 |
3. Please separately provide the number of arrests for an assault of a Police personnel, within the time periods stated above.
The data for Question 3 has been extracted from a different system to that of the data for Questions 1, 2 and 4, therefore, slightly different figures have resulted.
|
Reason for Arrest |
Count |
|---|---|
|
Assault on Emergency Worker |
381 |
|
Assault on Police |
15 |
4. Please provide the manner of the assaults found above.
|
Full Offence Title |
Count |
|---|---|
|
Assault or assault by beating of a constable |
272 |
|
Assault Police - Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
80 |
|
Assault Police - Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Serious wound or equivalent) |
2 |
|
Assault Police - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm |
2 |
|
Assault Police – Cause GBH with intent to resist/prevent arrest. |
1 |
|
Assault Police - Wounding with intent to resist/prevent arrest |
4 |
|
Assault without injury on a constable (Police Act offence) |
36 |
|
Attempted - Assault Police - Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
1 |
|
Attempted - Assault Police - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm |
2 |
|
Attempted - Assault Police - Cause GBH with intent to resist/prevent arrest. |
1 |
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 a number of 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.