Police use of force statistics, England and Wales: April 2023 to March 2024

Product Description

From 1 April 2017, all police forces in the UK have been required to record data on the police’s use of force, to provide the public with more information on the different types of force used, and the context in which it occurs.

Data was collected from the 43 Home Office funded police forces in England and Wales. For the year ending 31 March 2024, data was also collected from the British Transport Police (BTP).

One use of force report represents one police officer’s use of force on one person, where any of the following force tactics were used.
Restraint tactics:

• handcuffing (compliant or non-compliant)
• limb or body restraints
• ground restraint

• escorting individuals
• distraction strikes with hands and feet
• pressure point and joint locks

• a baton (including where it was drawn but not used)
• irritant spray (including where it was drawn but not used)
• spit and bite guard
• shield (for example, person struck or pushed with a shield)

• Conducted Energy Device (CED), for example, TASER ® (including nondischarge uses)
• Attenuating Energy Projectile (AEP), (including where it was drawn but not used)

• use of conventional firearms (including where it was aimed but not fired)

• use of dogs (including where a dog was deployed but did not come into contact with, such as bite, the person)
• other improvised tactics