Data on crimes recorded by the police in which a police officer on duty was injured by a firearm (excluding air weapons) from 1997-98 up to and including 2005-06 and are given in the table.
Police force area Total injuries 1997-98 London Region 2 Northamptonshire 1 Nottinghamshire 1 West Midlands 2 England and Wales total 6 1998-99 1 Devon and Cornwall 2 Greater Manchester 3 Leicestershire 1 London Region 5 England and Wales total 11 1999-2000 Avon and Somerset 1 Cheshire 1 London City of 1 Staffordshire 1 West Midlands 4 England and Wales total 10 2000-01 2 Greater Manchester 5 London Region 1 South Yorkshire 2 England and Wales total 8 2001-02 London Region 1 Staffordshire 1 Warwickshire 3 West Midlands 5 England and Wales total 10 2002-03 3 Gloucestershire 1 London Region 6 Northamptonshire 2 West Midlands 3 England and Wales total 12 2003-04 Cheshire 1 Devon and Cornwall 1 London Region 7 Nottinghamshire 1 West Midlands 2 West Yorkshire 2 England and Wales total 14 2004-05 Avon and Somerset 2 Devon and Cornwall 1 Greater Manchester 7 Hampshire 1 Humberside 1 London Region 9 West Midlands 2 England and Wales total 23 1 There was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998. 2 Numbers of some recorded crimes may have been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April 2002. 3 The national Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this.