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 2021/22 the police in England and Wales fatally shot two people, compared with one 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 2021/22
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Statistics on The police service in the United Kingdom
Key figures
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Police Numbers
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- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in England and Wales 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in England and Wales 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of police officers in Scotland 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Distribution of police ranks in England and Wales 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Proportion of police officers from ethnic minorites in England and Wales 2005-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of police community support officers in England and Wales 2003-2022
Arrests
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- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2021
- Premium Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales 2006-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2022, by police force
- Premium Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales in 2022, by police force area
- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2022, by offence
- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales 2006-2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2022, by gender
Stop and Search
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- Basic Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2001-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2012-2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2022, by police force
- Premium Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2010-2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2022, by police force
Crime Figures
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- Premium Statistic Crime rate in the UK by country 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Crime rate in the UK in 2021/22 by region
- Premium Statistic Homicide rate in the UK 2003-2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Homicide rate in the UK 2021/22, by region
- Basic Statistic Number of crime offences in England and Wales 2002-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of crimes in Scotland 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of crimes offences in Northern Ireland 2002-2022
Further related statistics
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- Percentage of fatal shootings by police in the U.S., from Jan.-Oct. 2015, by reason
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2023, by month
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2015, by race
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2015, by age group
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2015, by month
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2023, by weapon carried
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2023, by gender
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2023, by race
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2023, by age group
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2015, by gender
- Suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20
- Number of police related fatalities in England and Wales from 2010 to 2022, by type
- Road deaths involving police pursuit in England and Wales from 2005 to 2020
- Fatalities related to police custody in England and Wales 2004 to 2029
- Police custody related fatalities in England and Wales 2020, by reason for detention
- Road deaths involving police emergency response England and Wales 2004-2020
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016
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Independent Police Complaints Commission. (September 1, 2022). Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2021/22 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 30, 2023, 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 2021/22." Chart. September 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. (2022). Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2021/22. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 30, 2023. 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 2021/22." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 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 2021/22 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/ (last visited March 30, 2023)
Number of fatal shootings by the police in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2021/22 [Graph], Independent Police Complaints Commission, September 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/