Guidance

Police use of firearms statistics: user guide

A user guide to Home Office police use of firearms statistics.

Applies to England and Wales

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User guide to police use of firearms statistics

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Provides additional information on the statistics in the ‘Police use of firearms’ publication. It also includes a glossary and sections on data quality and revisions.

This guide applies to ‘Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017’ and previous releases in the series. For the years ending March 2018 onwards, the relevant information can be found within the main statistical release.

Updates to this page

Published 28 April 2016
Last updated 27 July 2017 + show all updates
  1. Updated to accompany release of 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017'.

  2. Updated to accompany publication of 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2015 to March 2016'.

  3. First published.

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