This statistic shows the assault rate in male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018. According to the statistic the highest number of assaults recorded per 1,000 prisoners was in 2018, at 413 assaults.
Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018
Annual assault rates are derived by 1,000 x (number of incidents in year)/(average monthly population for year)
Prison population figures are from the Offender Management Statistics quarterly bulletin and are averaged across 12 months.
Assault incidents are derived from the NOMS incident reporting system. They cannot be measured with absolute accuracy and should be treated as approximate.
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GOV.UK. (July 25, 2019). Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 07, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/315139/rate-assaults-male-prisoners-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK. "Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018." Chart. July 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 07, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315139/rate-assaults-male-prisoners-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK. (2019). Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 07, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315139/rate-assaults-male-prisoners-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK. "Assault Rate by Male Prisons per 1,000 Prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315139/rate-assaults-male-prisoners-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK, Assault rate by male prisons per 1,000 prisoners in England and Wales from 2005 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315139/rate-assaults-male-prisoners-in-england-and-wales/ (last visited August 07, 2022)
