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Police use of firearms statistics

Statistics on police use of firearms across England and Wales.

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From:
Home Office
Published:
9 July 2015
Last updated:
2 July 2026
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  1. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, April 2025 to March 2026'.

  2. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2024 to March 2025'.

  3. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2023 to March 2024'.

  4. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2022 to March 2023'.

  5. Removed 'Police use of firearms statistics: user guide'. The user guide is now included in the yearly commentary.

  6. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2021 to March 2022'.

  7. Updated 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2020 to March 2021'.

  8. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2020 to March 2021'.

  9. A HTML version has been added to ‘Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2019 to March 2020’. There has been no textural or statistical update to the contents of the release.

  10. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2019 to March 2020'.

  11. Added release 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2018 to March 2019', removed text 'In 2015 responsibility for the collection and publication of the statistics was transferred to Home Office statisticians who prepared and published the 2013-14 and 2014-15 releases, and will continue to publish future publications'.

  12. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2017 to March 2018'.

  13. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017', updated 'Police use of firearms statistics: user guide'.

  14. Added ‘Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2015 to March 2016’ and ‘Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2015 to March 2016: data tables’, updated ‘Police use of firearms statistics: user guide’.

  15. Added 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: financial year ending 31 March 2015', 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: financial year ending 31 March 2015: data tables' and 'User guide to police use of firearms statistics'.

  16. First published.

Statistics on police use of firearms in the 43 Home Office funded police forces in England and Wales.

It covers information on the number of police firearms operations, operations involving armed response vehicles, the number of incidents in which police firearms were discharged at person(s) and the number of firearms officers.

This collection covers police use of firearms statistics from April 2007 onwards.

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