Shootings and Firearms Data 2020 to Date

Request

1. Please provide data showing how many report of shootings your force has received between 2020-2025. Please break data down per year. For the year 2025, please provide data as close to the present date as possible.

Please search for the terms "gunshot", "gun shot", "shooting", "firearm", "bullet", "shot".

A shooting is defined as the act of discharging a firearm.

2. Please also provide data showing how many firearms you have recovered and confiscated between 2020-2025. Please break data down per year. For the year 2025, please provide data as close to the present date as possible.

See definition of a firearm here: Firearms | The Crown Prosecution Service

Response

Question 1

2020 - 85

2021 - 56

2022 - 55

2023 - 42

2024 - 25

2025 (to June 2025) - 6

Question 2

2020 - 67

2021 - 52

2022 - 60

2023 - 149

2024 - 25

2025 (to June 2025) - 13