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Police use of force reports by self-defined or officer-perceived ethnicity

Police use of force reports by self-defined or officer-perceived ethnicity: Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250k500k750k20212022202320242025Year ending March 2021: 562,277 reports · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2022: 608,164 reports · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2023: 659,372 reports · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2024: 747,396 reports · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2025: 812,447 reports · published 19 August 2026

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Source: Home Office, Police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2026-08-19 (published 19 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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