Arrests for assaulting an emergency worker
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002562/F
Version Date: 03/12/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.
1.
Since 1 January 2020 to 1 November 2024, how many people has your force arrested following allegations that they have assaulted an emergency worker - offence code 00873?
The offence code for assaulting an emergency worker is as follows:
TEW Violence against the person 8.22 Assault of an emergency worker 00873 00873 - Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker
and relates to Section 67 of the Sentencing Act 2020.
Please provide a breakdown of the number of arrests per calendar year.
Crimes with HO stats code 008/73 and SC Description of 'Assault by beating of an emergency worker (recordable)'.
Please note that data for after 2021 has resulted in a nil return. This may be due to a change in the HO stats code.
|
Outcomes |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
1: Charged |
44 |
32 |
76 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
21 |
15 |
36 |
|
12: Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
2 |
|
2 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
10 |
6 |
16 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
11 |
7 |
18 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
1 |
|
1 |
|
2: Youth caution |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
2: Youth conditional caution |
1 |
|
1 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
2A: Alternate offence youth caution |
1 |
|
1 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
11 |
5 |
16 |
|
5: Offender has died |
|
2 |
2 |
|
8: Community resolution |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
8: Youth restorative disposal |
2 |
|
2 |
|
Grand Total |
121 |
75 |
196 |
2.
For each arrest, please provide the following information:
(a) The gender (M/F) of the suspect
(b) The gender (M/F) of the victim
(c) The ethnicity of the suspect
(d) The ethnicity of the victim
(e) Whether the arrest led to a charge (Y/N)
For question 2e, please see answer to question 1.
Suspect by gender and race - please note one occurrence can have more than one suspect, hence slight difference in numbers.
|
Gender |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
Female |
40 |
30 |
70 |
|
Male |
82 |
47 |
129 |
|
Total |
122 |
77 |
199 |
|
Race |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
0. Unknown |
3 |
|
3 |
|
1. White - North European |
107 |
74 |
181 |
|
3. Black |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
4. Asian |
1 |
|
1 |
|
5. Chinese,Japanese,SE Asian |
|
2 |
2 |
|
6. Arabic or North African |
2 |
|
2 |
|
(blank) |
3 |
|
3 |
|
Total |
122 |
77 |
199 |
Victim by gender and race
|
Gender |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
Female |
30 |
19 |
49 |
|
Male |
89 |
55 |
144 |
|
(blank) |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Total |
121 |
75 |
196 |
|
Row Labels |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
0. Unknown |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
1. White - North European |
23 |
12 |
35 |
|
2. White - South European |
|
1 |
1 |
|
3. Black |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
6. Arabic or North African |
|
1 |
1 |
|
(blank) |
95 |
57 |
152 |
|
Total |
121 |
75 |
196 |
I would like to add a clarification to my request sent at 9.29am on 01/11/2024
Please can you provide me with Crime data for the offence of 'Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker' using Home Office offence code 08/73.
Thank you for your request for clarification. Please just provide the crime data.