Violence at Work Statistics UK: Latest Data and Sources
Online CPD Academy
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An estimated 689,000 incidents of violence at work occurred in England and Wales in 2024/25: 370,000 assaults and 319,000 threats. Around 329,000 working-age adults experienced at least one incident.

STATISTICS

Work-related violence incidents: 689,000
2024/25 | England and Wales
CSEW estimate: assaults and threats

Physical assaults: 370,000
2024/25 | England and Wales
Includes assaults without physical injury

Threats: 319,000
2024/25 | England and Wales
CSEW work-related threats

Adults experiencing at least one incident: 329,000
2024/25 | England and Wales
Working-age adults; people, not incidents

COVERAGE
The headline figures are Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates for 2024/25. Separate sections cover UK retail surveys, the NHS Staff Survey in England and a broader UK workplace-abuse survey. Their populations and definitions differ.

USING THESE STATISTICS
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SOURCES
1. HSE — Violence at work 2024 to 2025: headline and occupational statistics
https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/violence/index.htm

2. HSE — Violence at Work Statistics 2024/25
https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/work-related-violence-report.pdf

3. British Retail Consortium — BRC Crime Report 2026
https://brc.org.uk/news-and-events/news/operations/2026/ungated/brc-crime-report-2026/

4. Association of Convenience Stores — Crime Report 2026
https://cdn.acs.org.uk/public/ACS%20Crime%20Report%202026.pdf

5. Green and colleagues — How Common Is Workplace Abuse? Skills and Employment Survey 2024
https://wiserd.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/1.-How-Common-is-Workplace-Abuse.pdf

6. HSE — How employers can protect workers from violence and aggression at work
https://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/employer/index.htm

7. HSE — Reporting and learning from violent incidents
https://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/employer/reporting-learning-from-incidents.htm

8. British Retail Consortium — Crime and Shrink Benchmark 2025
https://brc.org.uk/market-intelligence/publications/benchmarks/crime-survey/2025/crime-and-shrink-benchmark-2025-retail-crime-spiralling-out-of-control/

9. NHS Staff Survey — 2025 National Results Briefing
https://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/static/98fbf017ea18aad1523254e02072cd02/National-Results-Briefing-2025.pdf

10. SoloProtect — Customer data on attacks on lone workers
https://www.soloprotect.com/uk/blog/soloprotect-reveals-increase-in-attacks-on-lone-workers