The available data are published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and are given in the following table.
Number 1996-97 2,012 1997-98 1,811 1998-99 1,642 1999-2000 1,232 2000-01 1,209 2001-02 1,114 2002-03 819 2003-04 418 2004-05 405 1 Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. HMIC have advised that assaults data will no longer be published in their Annual Report and that the data for 2004-05 is the last series of these data to be published. 2 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. 3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive.