Information taken from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for the assault offences requested, broken down by police force area for 2002-05, is provided in the following tables.
It is not possible to separately identify basic command units in Durham police force area as the data are not collected at that level of detail.
Statutes: Various Offence class: Common assaults etc 2002 2003 2004 2005 Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Avon and Somerset 1,362 754 1,419 789 1,604 934 1,890 1,279 Bedfordshire 526 246 694 307 869 364 987 452 Cambridgeshire 533 334 564 347 607 396 854 563 Cheshire 801 508 890 544 891 575 1,207 831 City of London 34 28 42 18 36 21 50 23 Cleveland 407 234 625 350 860 426 706 444 Cumbria 506 359 580 407 725 474 828 573 Derbyshire 1,018 561 1,240 684 1,437 883 1,922 1,130 Devon and Cornwall 1,617 1,044 1,648 1,041 1,953 1,204 2,164 1,333 Dorset 602 363 545 340 596 406 773 518 Durham 453 341 458 318 453 337 569 434 Essex 1,455 840 1,543 894 1,796 1,068 2,429 1,419 Gloucestershire 447 287 474 307 495 349 694 498 Greater Manchester 1,648 998 1,888 1,183 2,808 1,825 3,222 2,135 Hampshire 2,083 1,322 2,436 1,480 3,217 1,982 2,937 1,863 Hertfordshire 610 376 830 461 1,179 621 1,654 856 Humberside 692 444 846 587 1,022 755 1,089 842 Kent 1,500 810 1,722 930 1,753 1,075 1,735 1,153 Lancashire 1,569 844 1,755 993 1,802 1,034 2,371 1,512 Leicestershire 944 527 1,090 630 1,200 734 1,810 1,097 Lincolnshire 905 480 975 570 1,012 567 964 585 Merseyside 1,217 671 1,647 946 2,159 1,153 2,319 1,287 Metropolitan Police 5,210 2,829 5,427 2,941 6,020 3,416 7,125 4,063 Norfolk 978 612 1,051 617 1,066 678 951 662 North Yorkshire 708 420 673 438 891 582 1,126 765 Northamptonshire 498 283 550 331 568 361 698 419 Northumbria 1,431 776 1,779 947 1,698 1,106 1,699 1,128 Nottinghamshire 1,892 910 1,940 906 1,750 917 1,966 1,098 South Yorkshire 1,005 580 1,275 724 1,423 929 1,614 1,049 Staffordshire 1,559 780 1,647 802 2,094 938 2,292 1,080 Suffolk 805 467 957 536 1,140 704 1,122 770 Surrey 637 293 844 415 964 492 1,045 601 Sussex 1,435 768 1,496 809 1,845 1,075 1,811 1,099 Thames Valley 1,464 796 1,528 841 1,691 984 2,508 1,524 Warwickshire 274 192 276 176 285 194 365 273 West Mercia 1,262 676 1,367 733 1,604 948 1,804 1,131 West Midlands 5,203 2,467 5,537 2,529 5,567 2,793 4,514 2,848 West Yorkshire 3,265 1,577 3,603 2,010 3,834 2,445 4,160 2,579 Wiltshire 743 519 916 623 866 616 912 620 Dyfed-Powys 534 258 556 317 587 350 574 358 Gwent 630 374 606 343 594 371 645 387 North Wales 774 476 704 501 845 566 956 643 South Wales 977 525 1,083 617 1,223 682 1,391 820 England and Wales 52,213 28,949 57,726 32,282 65,029 38,330 72,452 44,744
2002 2003 2004 2005 Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Avon and Somerset 718 316 778 358 544 280 576 389 Bedfordshire 257 106 261 95 380 107 339 122 Cambridgeshire 252 175 237 168 249 161 364 239 Cheshire 757 335 648 282 380 233 557 340 City of London 39 21 25 13 25 8 32 9 Cleveland 332 142 388 162 322 191 357 220 Cumbria 435 258 432 263 405 263 472 307 Derbyshire 704 322 697 333 665 317 855 497 Devon and Cornwall 830 368 906 415 771 396 736 363 Dorset 296 139 247 144 228 129 358 220 Durham 480 289 414 241 313 196 385 261 Essex 526 242 618 258 672 291 698 285 Gloucestershire 277 136 246 143 196 113 293 162 Greater Manchester 2,583 1,064 3,106 1,128 2,978 1,288 1,954 1,228 Hampshire 983 530 963 530 810 478 860 521 Hertfordshire 501 259 495 200 601 243 740 282 Humberside 613 308 640 336 453 298 433 306 Kent 849 287 908 350 564 283 522 379 Lancashire 1,102 570 1,164 545 856 483 893 555 Leicestershire 747 378 724 338 681 325 786 375 Lincolnshire 297 120 266 152 320 165 267 156 Merseyside 1,319 542 1,754 587 1,576 588 910 540 Metropolitan Police 3,920 1,412 3,706 1,361 2,869 1,340 2,633 1,359 Norfolk 328 177 334 142 227 116 244 159 North Yorkshire 287 160 293 185 307 194 359 237 Northamptonshire 380 144 397 144 289 161 346 206 Northumbria 1,236 544 1,253 509 884 441 740 470 Nottinghamshire 776 297 669 272 483 271 467 311 South Yorkshire 710 434 746 421 563 423 629 453 Staffordshire 543 281 564 279 630 292 604 332 Suffolk 376 166 468 185 360 190 372 237 Surrey 227 93 247 96 233 118 222 126 Sussex 618 286 655 302 458 255 629 323 Thames Valley 716 296 715 329 591 309 800 426 Warwickshire 162 96 138 79 157 98 167 130 West Mercia 662 375 641 343 496 297 647 400 West Midlands 3,957 1,415 4,246 1,341 3,267 1,223 1,806 969 West Yorkshire 1,811 558 1,593 579 1,246 661 1,023 623 Wiltshire 234 125 268 169 219 146 251 190 Dyfed-Powys 450 172 444 219 268 175 256 161 Gwent 430 248 490 241 432 233 378 209 North Wales 331 181 341 199 334 207 440 259 South Wales 1,246 537 1,286 525 1,383 552 1,265 574 England and Wales 34,297 14,904 35,411 14,961 29,685 14,538 27,665 15,910 1 These data are provided on a principal offence basis. 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to insure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
The numbers of serious and other assaults on police officers are given in the following tables. These data are not available by basic command unit and have been provided at force level.
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Force Serious Other Serious Other Serious Other Serious Other Avon and Somerset 64 272 0 366 3 490 0 296 Bedfordshire 18 76 8 66 2 115 0 106 Cambridgeshire 1 117 2 149 2 166 1 148 Cheshire 5 214 4 348 13 378 2 337 City of London 2 60 0 43 4 44 2 51 Cleveland 44 214 0 59 0 67 0 63 Cumbria 3 77 12 108 4 107 2 93 Derbyshire 0 241 0 290 1 229 0 228 Devon and Cornwall 3 253 7 319 12 306 19 314 Dorset 1 155 1 196 1 130 1 164 Durham 3 301 1 240 2 219 3 133 Dyfed-Powys 7 115 2 132 4 100 4 137 Essex 0 225 0 260 1 374 2 393 Gloucestershire 2 121 1 148 3 144 0 170 Greater Manchester 19 855 25 909 — — 16 1,006 Gwent 0 340 3 178 2 207 2 176 Hampshire 5 172 12 490 25 518 24 384 Hertfordshire 0 169 1 193 2 169 0 185 Humberside 12 176 21 240 14 182 3 127 Kent 2 361 25 342 27 347 5 394 Lancashire4,5 57 239 67 264 — — — — Leicestershire 0 235 8 202 11 191 14 291 Lincolnshire 3 164 6 162 0 166 29 169 Merseyside 0 147 0 10 0 182 0 165 Metropolitan Police — 1,438 — 1,898 — 2,349 25 2,589 Norfolk 8 163 6 220 16 166 9 199 Northamptonshire — 136 — 149 7 102 0 98 Northumbria 37 501 0 691 0 39 25 215 North Wales 0 111 0 91 7 89 0 111 North Yorkshire 2 109 7 118 8 232 0 279 Nottinghamshire 3 171 0 391 19 90 10 224 South Wales 0 893 5 1,037 2 702 5 707 South Yorkshire 10 199 3 161 5 187 2 161 Staffordshire 5 174 2 144 0 119 0 158 Suffolk 4 166 1 160 10 175 2 193 Surrey 18 157 0 223 9 216 18 238 Sussex 7 277 11 175 6 324 11 405 Thames Valley 5 315 4 312 5 308 9 260 Warwickshire 4 152 3 201 0 250 0 256 West Mercia 18 234 10 235 17 210 7 199 West Midlands4,5 11 1,085 2 1,262 — — — — West Yorkshire 6 1,015 2 779 9 847 7 882 Wiltshire 11 101 1 136 0 165 3 121 1 Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. Serious assaults are those for which the charge would be under Sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Recording practices may vary between forces. 2 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. 3 Data for 2005-06 has been collated but not yet been validated. Figures will be available in the HMIC Annual Report 2005-06 due for publication by March 2007. 4 Lancashire and West Midlands were not able to provide breakdowns of numbers for different assaults in 2003-04, however the number of overall assaults was 462 and 1,112 respectively. 5 Lancashire and West Midlands were not able to provide breakdowns of numbers for different assaults in 2004-05, however the number of overall assaults was 521 and 910 respectively.