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Prisons: Crimes of Violence

Answer

The numbers of assault incidents by prison establishment are published in the annual Safety in Custody Statistics bulletin. Available figures, covering the period up to 2010 are shown in the following table. The figures for 2011 are due to be published in July 2012.Fire incidents are monitored and recorded locally in each prison. This information is held on central systems but data on arson by establishment have not yet been compiled for reporting. A new system for monitoring health and safety incidents, including those related to fire, was introduced in 2010. This will improve the range of central reporting available.

Table 1: Assaults by prison
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
All prisons¹,²,³,4	10,719	11,562	11,876	12,613	14,411	15,057	15,272	15,959	15,185	14,366
Acklington	37	52	42	37	43	81	74	63	102	85
Altcourse	202	218	213	239	243	235	280	198	242	321
Ashfield	514	561	341	395	680	761	753	748	475	526
Ashwell	16	9	11	15	17	14	20	20	12	11
Ask ham Grange	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Aylesbury	85	56	41	28	96	100	93	120	165	244
Bedford	41	71	59	60	57	87	49	71	74	101
Belmarsh	211	144	130	110	89	75	47	42	68	60
Birmingham	151	151	165	224	203	200	189	172	160	154
Blantyre House	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Blundeston	37	39	42	31	23	24	35	43	48	39
Brinsford	351	331	356	360	364	197	204	352	166	51
Bristol	142	165	113	149	126	129	89	109	90	86
Brixton	107	206	175	178	123	80	108	115	136	143
Bronzefield	n/a	n/a	n/a	59	182	195	142	194	171	141
Buckley Hall	44	59	110	98	90	75	49	36	24	44
Bullingdon	59	83	63	52	78	70	92	110	106	128
Bullwood Hall	—	—	—	—	31	22	13	17	7	21
Bure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—	21
Canterbury	10	14	14	16	19	17	24	38	36	39
Cardiff	51	63	64	70	70	62	31	23	25	27
Castington	404	425	370	443	412	406	431	462	457	159
ChanningsWood	7	17	25	33	51	63	71	73	61	68
Chelmsford	123	86	79	109	107	159	54	54	180	210
Coldingley	8	—	—	18	9	23	21	18	33	24
Cookham Wood	15	11	27	13	—	—	7	20	120	138
Dartmoor	80	36	32	21	44	36	37	55	40	29
Deerbolt	147	165	173	234	199	174	194	222	244	257
Doncaster	98	120	67	102	127	194	160	213	484	165
Dorchester	7	11	17	13	29	27	42	34	36	35
Dovegate	17	76	105	158	104	125	99	60	69	141
Dover	56	14	29	15	14	28	79	77	52	45
Downview	—	26	12	24	60	35	24	20	28	21
Drake Hall	—	—	13	7	10	7	21	9	22	22
Durham	81	91	99	115	136	194	186	185	154	170
East Sutton Park	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Eastwood Park	17	22	42	43	73	76	23	16	16	35
Edmunds Hill	—	—	56	52	34	40	29	26	38	46
Erlestoke	—	6	10	28	29	25	45	45	27	33
Everthorpe	10	12	7	22	52	80	83	70	71	68
Exeter	39	49	50	30	42	50	34	44	71	80
Featherstone	33	78	60	76	81	79	109	112	80	66
Feltham	466	549	674	751	698	596	544	648	713	772
Ford	—	8	—	27	22	10	10	13	—	6
Forest Bank	300	349	377	479	525	397	247	262	267	218
Foston Hall	23	46	37	34	40	51	56	23	31	20
Frankland	30	28	27	35	37	36	53	54	64	91
Full Sutton	35	16	34	40	57	63	61	72	64	61
Garth	37	45	34	32	66	74	74	111	95	61
Gartree	—	—	—	—	12	11	13	12	13	17
Glen Parva	254	268	275	273	300	387	422	510	594	394
Gloucester	61	68	53	68	54	72	55	69	83	56
Grendon/Springhill	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	7	6
Guys Marsh	61	45	47	54	47	72	90	85	69	66
Haslar	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	17	11	5
Haverigg	10	21	24	24	32	47	88	92	89	68
Hewell	208	322	323	286	245	220	270	190	154	159
High Down	87	148	151	178	143	206	185	258	180	156
Highpoint	171	179	105	113	90	104	103	110	117	93
Hindley	53	122	208	78	149	407	548	550	567	288
Hollesley Bay	293	200	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Holloway	180	202	197	188	183	235	224	219	107	55
Holme House	76	85	110	89	116	123	145	114	130	133
Hull	119	102	123	198	201	147	175	109	132	112
Huntercombe	76	60	97	96	110	217	306	426	378	100
IOW: Albany	7	—	8	15	—	8	6	—	16	22
IOW: Camp Hill	37	55	80	60	66	61	67	87	53	70
IOW: Parkhurst	33	26	53	56	52	36	23	20	24	51
Isis	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
Kennet	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7	27	41	29
Kingston	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	5
Kirkham	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Kirklevington	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Lancaster	19	14	11	8	12	13	22	16	10	8
Lancaster Farms	270	152	27	213	484	428	397	347	286	274
Latchmere House	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Leeds	163	156	237	178	147	123	111	100	105	102
Leicester	76	89	72	60	50	70	41	50	64	60
Lewes	113	106	126	72	84	92	82	156	111	91
Leyhill	—	—	—	6	7	7	7	—	7	3
Lincoln	108	107	85	81	84	76	113	160	85	102
Lindholme	10	23	65	49	46	50	73	80	58	55
Littlehey	38	37	45	47	52	44	43	24	26	118
Liverpool	113	136	155	160	154	187	258	259	231	217
Long Lartin	14	24	22	21	54	52	58	39	40	54
Low Newton	93	126	135	121	93	92	86	102	70	63
Lowdham Grange	20	27	28	41	65	125	95	88	42	74
Maidstone	13	19	16	26	17	12	26	19	18	17
Manchester	176	262	289	262	222	241	209	219	233	175
Moorland	194	199	161	47	114	107	106	110	92	93
Moorland Open (Hatfield)	16	28	11	—	8	—	—	—	—	2
Morton Hall	6	12	14	19	12	20	13	9	20	18
Mount	18	24	38	24	67	65	66	99	93	62
New Hall	97	75	58	97	113	108	108	90	61	40
North Sea Camp	—	—	—	6	—	7	—	—	10	8
Northallerton	65	90	102	110	118	91	108	106	77	102
Norwich	158	156	154	29	39	59	15	7	—	83
Nottingham	55	76	83	108	93	80	133	115	110	140
Onley	507	591	607	176	187	187	243	237	190	137
Parc	133	229	297	294	303	295	374	445	444	396
Pentonville	245	244	261	224	267	220	216	281	281	08
Peterborough	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	180	370	338	295	282	340
Portland	78	97	84	172	194	170	234	193	172	160
Preston	44	35	89	87	103	109	151	166	147	129
Ranby	26	50	48	22	35	69	59	95	94	91
Reading	6	13	30	41	93	72	54	37	51	44
Risley	26	61	82	140	137	136	135	135	75	88
Rochester	62	38	67	120	102	113	80	173	223	246
Rye Hill	51	30	40	79	119	114	110	50	28	78
Send	13	6	9	—	19	14	9	17	12	18
Sheppey: Elmley	101	116	110	127	165	120	156	165	128	133
Sheppey: Standford Hill	6	—	—	—	7	6	—	—	1	11
Sheppey: Swaleside	53	64	44	45	42	52	61	71	77	68
Shepton Mallet	—	13	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	2
Shrewsbury	45	38	58	46	56	36	46	46	29	20
Stafford	19	23	38	52	74	61	90	72	71	89
Stocken	37	48	50	43	52	51	69	73	53	68
Stoke Heath	477	293	158	280	498	578	606	561	479	450
Styal	34	22	16	41	39	72	104	59	34	45
Sudbury	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Swansea	8	15	24	20	24	36	20	29	29	29
Swinfen Hall	85	135	119	101	114	99	101	99	64	103
Thorn Cross	29	57	47	8	21	148	85	45	32	18
Usk\Prescoed	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	16	—	9
Verne	14	11	14	23	26	9	12	19	16	14
Wakefield	24	18	17	28	36	32	32	48	35	49
Wandsworth	135	135	130	163	166	107	133	96	127	145
Warren Hill	—	—	106	183	291	314	371	383	321	350
Wayland	20	33	76	61	63	58	69	76	68	81
Wealstun	15	11	16	7	12	31	30	56	33	53
Weare	25	59	63	61	27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wellingborough	9	14	20	14	47	63	40	90	129	101
Werrington	126	141	159	130	160	168	154	228	173	175
Wetherby	40	50	189	492	568	465	393	432	418	470
Whatton	—	—	10	6	—	12	28	33	27	13
Whitemoor	56	52	34	34	40	34	54	47	41	41
Winchester	32	59	80	73	59	45	31	32	60	65
Wolds	73	67	38	54	28	40	53	58	38	41
Woodhill	22	24	63	93	143	128	105	133	79	130
Wormwood Scrubs	96	127	135	205	203	213	209	192	160	208
Wymott	17	—	10	—	14	28	34	38	54	53
Escort areas	233	154	167	191	132	184	143	38	144	128
n/a = not applicable—prison not open
'—' indicates a figure less than six
¹ Numbers less than six were not provided before 2009 so figures shown do not sum to the total. Figures for 2009 have been revised.
² 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.
³ As the numbers of assault incidents in each prison are relatively small, rises or falls from one year to the next are not a good indicator of underlying trends.
4 This table should be read in conjunction with table 16 which outlines some of the major changes to prisons. In addition to these changes some prisons may have opened new wings/ house blocks or closed others for refurbishment. Such changes often explain large increases or decreases from one year to the next at a prison.
Data sources and quality:
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. 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.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

100929; 542 c672-8W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Discipline Crimes of violence Arson Prisons

Link

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