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Corrosive substance attacks (FOI ref: 571/26)

Request

I would like to request the following data on corrosive offences for the period from 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 inclusive.

  1. The number of offences that were recorded as physical corrosive substance/fluid attacks against the person.
  2. The number of threats of corrosive substance/fluid attacks against the person.
  3. The age and gender of victims of the said offences mentioned in 1 and 2.
  4. The age and gender of suspects of the said offences mentioned in 1 and 2.
  5. Outcomes of physical corrosive substance attacks against the person.
  6. Outcomes of threats of corrosive substance attacks against the person.

Response

From 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, we have searched for offences where the Weapon Type Group is ‘Acid or Other Corrosive Substance’:

1. The number of offences that were recorded as physical corrosive substance/fluid attacks against the person:

 

Weapon Usage

No. Offences

Believed but not seen

4

Carried but not used

4

Other use

2

Used causing injury

48

Used causing no injury or damage

25

Used causing property damage only

44

Not recorded

1

Total

128

 

2. The number of threats of corrosive substance/fluid attacks against the person:

 

Weapon Usage

No. Offences

Used as a threat

26

Total

26

 

3. The age and gender of victims of the said offences mentioned in 1 and 2.

 

Victim Age

Gender not recorded

Female

Male

Not recorded

10

-

-

3

1

-

-

15

-

1

1

16

-

2

-

17

-

2

2

18

-

-

1

19

-

4

-

20

-

2

-

21

-

1

-

22

-

1

1

23

-

1

3

24

-

-

1

25

1

2

3

26

1

2

3

27

-

2

1

28

1

5

4

29

-

1

3

30

-

1

2

31

-

-

2

32

-

4

2

33

-

3

1

34

-

1

3

35

1

-

2

36

-

4

2

37

-

1

-

38

-

3

-

39

-

2

2

40

-

1

1

41

-

1

1

42

-

1

2

43

-

1

2

44

1

1

1

45

1

4

-

46

-

1

4

47

-

3

1

48

-

-

1

49

-

1

1

50

-

2

1

51

-

-

2

53

1

2

-

54

-

-

1

55

-

-

4

57

-

-

1

58

-

-

1

59

-

1

2

60

-

1

1

63

-

1

-

65

-

1

1

67

-

-

1

69

1

-

-

75

-

-

1

143**

-

1

-

Total:

19

68

69

**This figure is a data quality anomaly, which is being taken forward for review/correction.

 

4. The age and gender of suspects of the said offences mentioned in 1 and 2.

 

Suspect Age

Gender not recorded

Female

Male

Not recorded

153

-

1

12

-

-

2

16

-

1

-

17

-

-

1

18

-

2

3

19

-

-

3

20

1

2

2

21

-

-

2

22

-

1

2

23

-

-

1

24

-

-

2

25

1

-

1

26

-

1

-

27

-

1

1

28

-

-

1

30

-

-

2

31

-

2

-

32

-

1

1

33

-

-

3

34

-

-

1

35

-

-

4

36

-

-

1

37

-

2

4

38

-

-

1

39

-

-

4

40

-

2

2

41

-

3

5

42

1

1

2

43

-

-

1

44

-

1

2

45

-

1

-

46

-

-

2

47

1

-

2

48

-

-

1

49

-

-

3

50

-

2

-

51

-

2

1

55

-

-

1

56

-

-

1

57

1

1

2

58

-

1

-

59

-

-

2

71

-

1

-

76

1

-

-

Total**

159

28

70

** Please note – where numbers of suspects are higher than the number of offences, there may have been more than one suspect for each crime

 

5. Outcomes of physical corrosive substance attacks against the person.

 

Outcome Description

No. Outcomes

Not recorded

9

Charge or Summons

21

Community Resolution

1

Evidential Difficulties - Victim Based - Named suspect not identified

10

Investigation Complete: No suspect identified

38

Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support)

30

Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support)

19

Total

128

 

6. Outcomes of threats of corrosive substance attacks against the person.

 

Outcome Description

No. Outcomes

Charge or Summons

4

Evidential Difficulties - Victim Based - Named suspect not identified

2

Investigation Complete: No suspect identified

6

Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support)

9

Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support)

4

Prosecution time limit expired: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit has expired

1

Total

26

 

Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.