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<p>The data requested is not available broken down by month. However, the Home Office
runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises
in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including assaults
and threats (a combined category) in the last year.</p><p>In 2014, the most recent
year for which figures are available, there were around 410,000 assaults and threats
against businesses in the wholesale and retail sector. The 2015 figures will be published
on 28th April.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also publish annual figures
on the number of violent incidents in the workplace based on findings from the Crime
Survey for England and Wales. However, this information is not available just for
shops. According to the 2013/14 crime survey, there were an estimated 583,000 incidents
of violence at work, comprising 269,000 assaults and 314,000 threats. HSE will publish
figures for 2014/15 on 31st March.</p>
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