Official Statistics
Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2022 to March 2023
Statistics on police use of firearms in England and Wales in the year ending March 2023.
Applies to England and Wales
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Covers data on the number of police firearms operations, operations involving armed response vehicles, the number of incidents in which police firearms were intentionally 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 13 July 2023