Lone Worker Safety Statistics UK: Incidents and Risks
Online CPD Academy
https://onlinecpdacademy.co.uk/blog/lone-worker-safety-statistics-uk

SoloProtect reported a 132% increase in physical attack alerts over the three-year comparison in its 2024 Impact Report. These customer figures provide insight into reported lone-worker incidents. HSE’s wider estimate of 689,000 assaults and threats at work in England and Wales in 2024/25 provides separate national context.

STATISTICS

Physical attack alerts: reported increase: 132%
Three-year comparison in 2024 Impact Report | SoloProtect customer data
Not a national lone-worker incidence rate

Weapon-related incidents: reported increase: 104%
Same three-year comparison | SoloProtect customer data
No population-adjusted rate supplied

Weapon-related incidents: year-on-year increase: 136%
2024 report's latest annual comparison | SoloProtect customer data
Weapon incidents, not all physical attacks

COVERAGE
The headline table describes SoloProtect customer data reported in February 2025, not a national incidence rate. The separate HSE violence estimate covers workers in England and Wales regardless of whether they work alone.

USING THESE STATISTICS
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SOURCES
1. SoloProtect — Report reveals increase in attacks on lone workers: 2024 Impact Report findings
https://www.soloprotect.com/uk/blog/soloprotect-reveals-increase-in-attacks-on-lone-workers

2. HSE — Violence at work 2024 to 2025
https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/violence/index.htm

3. HSE — Lone working: protect those working alone
https://www.hse.gov.uk/lone-working/employer/index.htm

4. HSE — Manage the risks of working alone
https://www.hse.gov.uk/lone-working/employer/manage-the-risks-of-working-alone.htm

5. HSE — Training, supervision and monitoring for lone workers
https://www.hse.gov.uk/lone-working/employer/training-supervision-monitoring.htm