Official Statistics

Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2020 to March 2021 second edition

Statistics on police use of firearms in England and Wales in the year ending March 2021.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2020 to March 2021: data tables

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Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: Open data table

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Details

Covers data on the number of police firearms operations, operations involving armed response vehicles, the number of incidents in which police firearms were discharged at person(s) and the number of armed officers.

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The Home Office statistician responsible for the figures in this release is Jenny Bradley.

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Updates to this page

Published 22 July 2021
Last updated 3 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: Open data table'.

  2. Added text, 'Frequency of release: Annual, Forthcoming releases: Home Office statistics release calendar, Home Office responsible statistician: Jenny Bradley, Press enquiries: pressoffice@homeoffice.gov.uk, Telephone: 0300 123 3535, Public enquiries: PublicOrderStatistics@homeoffice.gov.uk'.

  3. Incorrect commentary text was published for this release, which has been substituted with the correct text.

  4. First published.

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