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

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Published 14 July 2022

Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2021 to March 2022

Applies to England and Wales

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