Assaults on Police Officers
4th October 2024
Our Ref: FOI2024/06242
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref No: FOI2024/06242
I write in connection with your request for information received on 9th September. I note you seek access to the following information:
I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Could you please supply me with the figures for the following time periods:
- Between January 1st 2024 and September 8th 2024, how many assaults were there on Cambridgeshire Police officers? If possible, please provide a breakdown of how many of these resulted in injuries to the officers (and the nature of those injuries if possible too).
- As a comparison, between January 1st 2023 and December 31st 2023, how many assaults were there on Cambridgeshire Police officers? If possible, please provide a breakdown of how many of these resulted in injuries to the officers (and the nature of those injuries if possible too).
- As a comparison, between January 1st 2022 and December 31st 2022, how many assaults were there on Cambridgeshire Police officers? If possible, please provide a breakdown of how many of these resulted in injuries to the officers (and the nature of those injuries if possible too).
- As a comparison, between January 1st 2021 and December 31st 2021, how many assaults were there on Cambridgeshire Police officers? If possible, please provide a breakdown of how many of these resulted in injuries to the officers (and the nature of those injuries if possible too).
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Response - Following enquiries with Cambridgeshire Constabulary please see our response below.
|
- |
Physical assault |
Assault with weapon |
Biological assault |
No injury assault |
|
2021 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2022 |
207 |
10 |
7 |
40 |
|
2023 |
340 |
4 |
32 |
52 |
|
2024 |
186 |
4 |
26 |
36 |
We are unable to provide a breakdown of the nature of injuries, however, we have provided the different types of assault.
The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.