FOI 1119-25 Assaults on Staff
Request:
1. How many members of operational staff have been assaulted by members of the public while attending an incident for the 2024 calendar year?
Please break the results down by:
1a) Month
1b) Location
2. On how many occasions has one of those assaulted required short or long-term leave because of an incident? Please note that one person having two separate leaves of absence would count as two cases.
2a. How many days off have been taken as a result?
2b. How many occurrences led to the staff member being hospitalised?
Please again break this down by month and location.
Response:
Northamptonshire Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the production of statistical information for Freedom of Information responses.
The information you are requesting is recorded on different systems and we cannot link specific absences to locations.
With regards to hospitalisation, our system only records ‘Hospital/A&E Visit’ or ‘Hospital Treatment’.
Question 1:
Search for all crimes where the Stats Classification is 'Assault - S47 - AOABH assault occasioning actual bodily harm on a Constable', 'Assault or assault by beating of a constable', 'Assault a constable in the execution of his / her duty', 'Assault Constable - Local Acts', 'Assault - S18 - Wounding with intent to GBH on a Constable', 'Assault - S20 - GBH Grievous bodily harm/ Wounding without intent on a Constable' for the 2024 calendar year.
Total: 640
|
2024 |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Corby |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
|
Daventry |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
East Northants |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Kettering |
20 |
10 |
7 |
15 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
23 |
10 |
12 |
15 |
11 |
|
Northampton Central |
8 |
16 |
17 |
9 |
15 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
18 |
13 |
13 |
|
Northampton North East |
7 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
|
Northampton South West |
15 |
4 |
15 |
13 |
6 |
17 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
15 |
23 |
|
OOFB |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
South Northants |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Wellingborough |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
Question 2:
Occasions off sick due to assault at work – 14
Days off sick due to assault at work – 72
Assaults requiring hospital treatment – 6
Hospital Treatment Received by Month and Location of Assault:
|
Location |
2024-02 |
2024-05 |
2024-09 |
2024-11 |
2024-12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kettering |
|
1 |
|
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|
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Northampton Central |
1 |
1 |
|
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|
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Northampton South West |
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|
1 |
|
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Wellingborough |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
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