Violence at work 2024 to 25

689,000

Incidents of violence at work in 2024/25 - Crime Survey England and Wales (CSEW)

329,000

Adults experienced violence at work in 2024/25 - Crime Survey England and Wales (CSEW)

Number of incidents of violence at work for adults of working age in employment 2024/25 (estimated 689,000 incidents)

Chart showing for 2024/25 estimated 689,000 incidents of violence at work of which 370,000 assaults and 319,000 threats.

Type of incident Number of incidents
Assaults 370000
Threats 319000

Percentage of assaults on adults of working age in employment resulting in injury, 2024 to 2025

Chart showing for 2024/25 estimated percentage of assaults that result in injury 38% and no injury 62%

Assaulted Number of assaults
Injury 38
No injury 62

The percentage of adults of working age in employment who were victims once or more of violence at work, for the top five highest risk occupational groups and the average for all occupations for the combined data years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

Occupation Rate of violence (%) Lower CI Upper CI
Protective service occupations 6.8 3.7 9.9
Health and social care associate professionals 2.7 1.0 4.3
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 2.4 1.4 3.5
Sales occupations 2.2 1.2 3.2
Other managers and proprietors 2.0 0.9 3.2
All 1.2 1.0 1.3

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Updated 2025-12-02