Corrosive substance attack
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003842/N
Version Date: 12/11/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source:
Corrosive substances database, reviewed monthly
For each calendar year from 2019, including 2025 to date:
1) The number of offences that were categorised as an acid attack or corrosive fluid attack against the person as per the Home Office/NPCC definition here:
"All notifiable violence against the person and robbery, involving the throwing, spraying or pouring of acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another with the intention to disfigure, torture, kill or otherwise incapacitate for criminal purposes."
|
Year |
Total |
|
2019 |
4 |
|
2020 |
0 |
|
2021 |
3 |
|
2022 |
5 |
|
2023 |
10 |
|
2024 |
6 |
|
2025 |
2 |
|
Total |
30 |
2) For each calendar year, the gender of victim(s) of attacks as specified in question one - ie how many of the victims were male, female or otherwise specified.
|
Year |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
2019 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2021 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
2022 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
2023 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
2024 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
2025 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Total |
9 |
21 |
30 |
3) For each calendar year, the gender of attacker(s)/suspect(s) (where known) in attacks as specified in question one.
|
Year |
Male |
Female |
Unknown |
Total |
|
2019 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2021 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
2022 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
2023 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
2024 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
2025 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Total |
13 |
5 |
12 |
30 |
4) For each calendar year, the ethnicity of victim(s) of attacks as specified in question one.
|
Victim Ethnicity |
2019 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
1C1. White |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
|
IC3. Black |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
NS. Not stated |
- |
1 |
- |
6 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
Total |
4 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
30 |