13 incidents where the police discharged firearms, five more than in 2017/18 and the highest in a single reporting year since 2008/09.
In 2020/21 the police in England and Wales fatally shot one person, compared with three in the previous reporting year, and six in 2016/17. Between April 2018 and March 2019, there were Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2020/21
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Independent Police Complaints Commission. (July 29, 2021). Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2020/21 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. "Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2020/21." Chart. July 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. (2021). Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2020/21. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. "Number of Fatal Shootings by The Police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2020/21." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission, Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2020/21 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/ (last visited June 29, 2022)