The available information on recorded offences relates to 2005-06 to 2007-08 and is given in the following table. The data covers offences of assault without injury on a police constable. Offences in which police officers suffer injury will be recorded as a more or less serious wounding offence depending on the severity of the injury sustained.
Rate per 100,000 population Police force area 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Avon and Somerset 56 56 47 Bedfordshire 50 56 19 Cambridgeshire 58 41 46 Cheshire 36 37 35 Cleveland 52 54 70 Cumbria 44 41 52 Derbyshire 13 15 13 Devon and Cornwall 20 29 24 Dorset 42 31 34 Durham 51 50 37 Dyfed-Powys 42 49 49 Essex 41 25 27 Gloucestershire 52 43 36 Greater Manchester 45 37 28 Gwent 43 61 57 Hampshire 51 53 55 Hertfordshire 60 53 50 Humberside 50 47 47 Kent 44 47 39 Lancashire 53 46 44 Leicestershire 49 35 32 Lincolnshire 29 36 39 London, City of 1— 1— 1— Merseyside 50 53 59 Metropolitan Police 40 45 43 Norfolk 49 46 44 Northamptonshire 42 39 31 Northumbria 44 46 26 North Wales 27 33 37 North Yorkshire 55 37 44 Nottinghamshire 31 34 31 South Wales 40 34 32 South Yorkshire 33 37 39 Staffordshire 60 40 40 Suffolk 48 43 45 Surrey 33 34 34 Sussex 52 50 55 Thames Valley 41 37 36 Warwickshire 49 55 55 West Mercia 25 23 23 West Midlands 13 13 12 West Yorkshire 39 40 31 Wiltshire 22 16 17 England and Wales 41 40 37 1 Not applicable because of the resident population relative to the transient population.