Guidance

Police use of firearms statistics: user guide

A user guide to Home Office police use of firearms statistics.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 28 April 2016
• Last updated: 27 July 2017
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  1. 27 July 2017

     Updated to accompany release of 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017'.

  2. 28 July 2016

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2015 to March 2016'.

  3. 28 April 2016

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

User guide to police use of firearms statistics

PDF, 180 KB, 11 pages

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Details

Provides additional information on the statistics in the ‘Police use of firearms’ publication. It also includes a glossary and sections on data quality and revisions.

This guide applies to ‘Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017’ and previous releases in the series. For the years ending March 2018 onwards, the relevant information can be found within the main statistical release.