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Statistics on police use of firearms in England and Wales to year ending March 2015.
Datasets give individual offence data from 1898 and individual offence data by police force from 1990; see below for important information about future updates.
Perceptions of Crime: Findings from the 2014/15 Northern Ireland Crime Survey
Breakdowns of workforce numbers by police force area, English region and Wales.
Statistics on police workforce numbers in the 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police.
An independent review of the governance of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
An independent review of the use of targets in policing by Chief Superintendent Irene Curtis.
Tables with data on arrests, stop and search, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, fixed penalty notices and breath tests.
Statistics on arrests, stop and search, other PACE powers, fixed penalty notices for motoring offences and breath tests.
Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997.
Statistics on police use of firearms in England and Wales in the financial year ending 31 March 2014.
A series of infographic summarizing the key findings and recommendations of our report into policing accountability.
This publication presents an assessment of the level of public satisfaction with the police, PCSPs and the NI Policing Board in 2015.
The report from Stephen Taylor’s independent review into links between the Special Demonstration Squad and the Home Office.
Perceptions of Crime: Findings from the 2013/14 Northern Ireland Crime Survey
This literature review forms part of the government's review of Sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
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