Police: Death
(asked on 16th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have died while on duty in each year since 2010.
This question was answered on 19th March 2015
The table provided contains data on the number of full-time equivalent police officers who died whilst on active duty in England and Wales, from 2009/10 to
2013/14.
These figures include both those killed in the line of duty and those who died from other causes such as road traffic accidents or natural causes.
| Number of full-time equivalent1 police officers who died whilst on active duty2, England and Wales, 2009/10 to 2013/14 | |||||||
| 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | |||
| Deaths on active duty | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number. | |||||||
| 2. Total police officer leavers by rank and gender are published in the Police Workforce, England and Wales statistical publications and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales. | |||||||
| Breakdowns by leaving type (i.e. deaths on active duty) are not regularly published; these figures have not been verified by police forces and are provisional. | |||||||