Police Officer Assaults 772/2023
FOI Reference: 772/2023
Request 1 - 6:
Q1: How many police officers have been assaulted while working in the past 5 years? How many in: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 so far?
Q2: How many police officers have required medical attention due to assaults against them at work during the past 5 years? How many in: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 so far?
Q3: How many police officers have required time off work for mental or physical health recovery resulting from assaults against them at work during the past 5 years? How many in: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 so far?
Q4: How many police officers have been assaulted while working over the past 8 months? How many in: January 2023, February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023?
Q5: How many police officers have required medical attention due to assaults against them at work during the past 8 months? How many in: January 2023, February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023?
Q6: How many police officers have required time off work for mental or physical health recovery resulting from assaults against them at work during the past 8 months? How many in: January 2023, February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023?
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Year |
Police Officers Assaulted Whilst Working |
|
2018 |
241 |
|
2019 |
278 |
|
2020 |
299 |
|
2021 |
330 |
|
2022 |
305 |
|
2023 |
217 |
Response 2:
No information held by Force – this is not currently included on physical assault reports, only information about the actual injury received.
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Year |
Police Officers that required time off work for mental or physical health recovery resulting from assaults against them at work |
|
2018 |
7 officers absent as resulting from assaults. |
|
2019 |
4 officers absent as resulting from assaults. |
|
2020 |
9 officers absent as resulting from assaults. |
|
2021 |
11 officers absent as resulting from assaults. |
|
2022 |
12 officers absent as resulting from assaults. |
|
2023 |
8 officers absent as resulting from assaults. |
Please note: It is important to note that an officers absence could span across years.
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
The below numbers are for assaults against police officers only, during each month of 2023.
|
Month 2023 |
Police Officers who have required medical attention due to assaults against them at work during the past 8 months |
|
Jan |
25 |
|
Feb |
23 |
|
Mar |
23 |
|
Apr |
14 |
|
May |
14 |
|
Jun |
29 |
|
Jul |
22 |
|
Aug |
13 |
Response 5:
No information held by Force – this is not currently included on physical assault reports, only information about the actual injury received.
Response 6:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Month 2023 |
Police Officers that required time off work for mental or physical health recovery resulting from assaults against them at work |
|
January |
0 |
|
February |
0 |
|
March |
0 |
|
April |
0 |
|
June |
1 |
|
July |
2 |
|
August |
2 |
Please note: An officers absence could span across more than one month, for example 1 officer maybe absent from 24th July to 10th August – in order to answer the query it will demonstrate July - 1 officer, August – 1 officer
It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 23/04/2024)