FOI request - Assaults on housing staff (2025-2026)
Case reference FOI2026/00719
Received 22 May 2026
Published 28 May 2026
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following data for your council:
1. How many assaults were reported against your council's housing staff* in the 2025 calendar year**, and in the first quarter of 2026?
2. For each of these years, how many of the assaults were verbal?
3. For each of these years, how many of the assaults were physical?
4. For each of these years, how many of the assaults were sexual?
5. For each of these years, how many of these assaults involved a protected characteristic?
*Housing staff = all council staff who work with council housing tenants.
**Calendar year = January 1 to December 31. If you cannot provide this data in calendar years please specify (eg, data provided in financial years)
To provide this data, please could you complete the table below?
Response
Please see information below:
|
Year |
Total number of assaults |
Number of verbal assaults |
Number of physical assaults |
Number of sexual assaults |
Number of assaults involving a protected characteristic |
|
2025 (January to December) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2026 (January to March) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Only one case was reported through official channels across any category.
Documents
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