Table 3.15: Assaults on staff by establishment, England and Wales, 2000-2014

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

ALL PRISONS

2,848

3,132

2,987

3,266

3,637

Altcourse

51

65

82

78

150

Ashfield

72

111

60

5

2

Ashwell

2

0

0

0

0

Askham Grange

1

0

0

0

0

Aylesbury

56

34

35

40

53

Bedford

23

20

13

19

17

Belmarsh

20

24

34

18

49

Birmingham

59

66

75

62

89

Blantyre House

0

0

1

0

0

Blundeston

2

2

1

2

-

Brinsford

15

43

55

81

69

Bristol

21

25

17

43

44

Brixton

41

49

46

12

11

Bronzefield

67

90

44

35

61

Buckley Hall

6

11

6

8

16

Bullingdon

32

27

26

39

40

Bullwood Hall

7

3

2

1

0

Bure

4

3

2

4

8

Canterbury

10

7

4

1

0

Cardiff

9

6

0

7

18

Channings Wood

10

6

14

24

9

Chelmsford

45

44

24

31

47

Coldingley

6

6

5

10

10

Cookham Wood

24

9

39

24

50

Dartmoor

6

14

10

10

11

Deerbolt

27

37

18

14

33

Doncaster

24

35

39

44

81

Dorchester

3

9

10

7

-

Dovegate

23

25

20

28

53

Dover

14

5

7

8

5

Downview

0

12

4

5

0

Drake Hall

0

1

6

0

2

Durham

40

64

39

27

44

East Sutton Park

0

0

0

0

0

Eastwood Park

13

12

6

20

28

Edmunds Hill

7

3

0

0

0

Erlestoke

6

8

1

6

5

Everthorpe

8

12

11

11

3

Exeter

17

18

17

22

12

Featherstone

3

14

10

16

24

Feltham

124

119

112

141

138

Ford

0

2

4

2

3

Forest Bank

16

18

18

30

57

Foston Hall

11

0

2

17

11

Frankland

36

22

24

24

9

Full Sutton

12

11

13

15

11

Garth

3

11

10

13

31

Gartree

3

7

9

9

9

Glen Parva

49

34

40

59

61

Gloucester

12

15

8

1

0

Grendon /Spring Hill

1

0

0

2

1

Guys Marsh

13

13

14

21

28

Haslar

1

0

0

0

0

Haverigg

6

13

8

14

20

Hewell

13

20

20

27

50

High Down

45

50

41

47

59

Highpoint

24

24

25

36

40

Hindley

63

71

43

70

50

Hollesley Bay

0

1

1

2

2

Holloway

24

27

42

19

20

Holme House

22

24

15

7

12

Hull

14

25

33

24

26

Humber

-

-

-

-

27

Huntercombe

17

0

3

9

7

IOW cluster

-

-

-

25

16

IOW: Albany

3

2

6

0

-

IOW: Camp Hill

17

9

11

1

-

IOW: Parkhurst

17

10

10

0

-

Isis

9

50

66

56

43

Kennet

3

3

2

2

0

Kingston

2

0

0

1

0

Kirkham

0

1

0

0

0

Kirklevington

0

0

0

0

0

Lancaster Castle

2

0

0

0

0

Lancaster Farms

59

38

21

31

27

Latchmere House

0

0

-

-

-

Leeds

30

41

31

22

33

Leicester

20

14

21

41

34

Lewes

19

24

19

15

17

Leyhill

0

1

0

1

1

Lincoln

28

44

42

34

42

Lindholme

17

25

15

23

31

Littlehey

34

48

45

36

12

Liverpool

30

35

22

13

35

Long Lartin

13

17

19

16

13

Low Newton

18

12

11

11

5

Lowdham Grange

19

29

25

41

47

Maidstone

4

2

1

3

8

Manchester

35

37

68

41

31

Moorland

10

12

8

24

9

Moorland Open (Hatfield)

0

0

0

0

0

Morton Hall

2

6

10

11

12

Mount

16

11

8

17

14

New Hall

15

6

6

2

19

North Sea Camp

0

0

1

0

3

Northallerton

6

4

2

5

-

Northumberland

-

-

17

17

15

Northumberland: Acklington

7

12

1

0

0

Northumberland: Castington

17

4

2

0

0

Norwich

16

22

31

22

25

Nottingham

63

92

45

47

46

Oakwood

-

-

14

137

63

Onley

15

14

14

34

43

Parc

63

66

50

54

66

Pentonville

78

96

81

71

137

Peterborough

80

100

77

46

68

Portland

28

34

32

40

33

Preston

22

35

38

31

32

Ranby

21

25

31

35

50

Reading

8

13

1

12

-

Risley

17

12

13

10

17

Rochester

36

25

18

34

21

Rye Hill

38

53

36

82

59

Send

4

1

1

6

2

Sheppey: Elmley

38

29

23

28

40

Sheppey: Standford Hill

2

0

0

1

1

Sheppey: Swaleside

19

15

15

16

43

Shepton Mallet

0

0

0

0

0

Shrewsbury

2

1

2

1

0

Stafford

13

10

10

4

2

Stocken

4

9

11

10

17

Stoke Heath

53

28

16

21

34

Styal

9

7

10

12

19

Sudbury

1

0

1

3

0

Swansea

5

7

8

6

10

Swinfen Hall

15

19

32

21

14

Thameside

-

-

51

168

99

Thorn Cross

0

1

4

2

2

Usk\Prescoed

0

0

0

0

1

Verne

0

4

3

3

8

Wakefield

14

12

23

15

24

Wandsworth

59

68

30

21

49

Warren Hill

65

34

64

31

0

Wayland

9

16

24

29

37

Wealstun

8

19

14

10

17

Weare

-

-

-

-

-

Wellingborough

21

20

23

0

0

Werrington

29

32

32

37

38

Wetherby

39

75

57

61

64

Whatton

2

4

8

9

6

Whitemoor

10

17

17

19

21

Winchester

11

14

17

25

48

Wolds

9

3

7

8

2

Woodhill

24

40

60

67

69

Wormwood Scrubs

67

86

102

82

69

Wymott

13

10

9

6

7

ESCORT AREAS

83

40

74

49

51

Missing data

0

0

0

0

0

Key:

" - " = Not applicable - Establishment not operational

(1) A new Key Performance Indicator for serious assaults was introduced in 2003/04 and as a result reporting of all assault incidents improved. Reported incidents before 2005 are therefore not directly comparable with later figures. In particular, although figures for 2000 to 2002 have been included they are under reported by modern standards. It is now expected that all assaults, including fights, should be reported whether or not there was an injury. As this was not the case in the past care needs to be taken when interpreting changes over the years.

(2) Rises or falls in numbers of assault incidents from one year to the next are not a good indicator of underlying trend. This table should be read in conjunction with table 3.16 which outlines some of the major changes to prisons that will have affected numbers of incidents. In addition to these changes some prisons may have opened new wings/house blocks or closed others for refurbishment. These are not listed but often explain large increases or decreases from one year to the next.

(3) The sum of prisoner on prisoner assaults and assaults on staff may not equal the total number of assaults because staff may be assaulted in a prisoner on prisoner assault incident and other assault incidents may involve other people, e.g. visitors.

Data Sources and Quality
These figures have been drawn from the NOMS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.