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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of police recorded
offences, and their investigative outcomes (including charges outcomes), on ‘assaults
on a constable’ and the number of ‘assaults on an emergency worker (other than a constable)’
on a quarterly basis and that can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information
on other public sector workers is not separately identifiable within police recorded
crime.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police call outs or investigations.</p><p>The
Home Office has taken a significant step to introduce a statutory aggravating factor
for assault against those who are serving the public, via the Police, Crime, Sentencing
and Courts Act 2022. This means the public facing nature of a victim’s role will be
considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences.
This provision commenced in June 2022.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ Crime
Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and its latest estimates shows that the number
of incidences of violence has fallen by 41% since the year ending March 2010, to 1.1
million incidences.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish information on prosecutions
and convictions, including ‘Assault of an emergency worker’ offence. These can be
accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022</a></p>
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