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Hospital admissions for assault by sharp objects or firearm December 2025

Hospital admissions for assault by sharp objects or firearm December 2025.
Date published:
20 February 2026

Request received

Request received for the number of inpatient finished admission episodes with a cause code of ‘assault with a sharp object’, by month, age and police force area.

Quarterly hospital admissions for assault by a firearm – up to December 2025

Our response

The number of inpatient finished admission episodes with a cause code of ‘assault with a sharp object’, by month and by a) Police Force Area and b) Police Force Area and age, for the period December 23 – December 25 (Provisional April 25 – December 25). 

The number of inpatient finished admissions episodes for assault by a firearm by a) Police Force Area b) Gender c) Age and ethnicity period December 23 – December 25 (Provisional April 25 – December 25).

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Last edited: 20 February 2026 11:42 am