Emergency hospital admissions due to assault with a sharp object fall by 33% in NHS Scotland and more than twice the 14% reduction in NHS England

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From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026 published today:

Fall in emergency hospital admissions due to assault since 2015-16. In 2024-25, there were 1,554 emergency hospital admissions due to assault, including 376 due to assault with a sharp object. These were, respectively, 36% and 33% lower than in 2015-16.

Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-quarterly-report-september-2026/pages/statistics-on-community-safety/

There were about 3,500 hospital episodes for assault by a sharp object in English hospitals in 2024/25. That is a 10.4% fall on 2023/24 and a 4.1% fall on 2014/15. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/

From 2015-16 to 2024-25 that is roughly a 13–14% fall in England, versus Scotland’s 33%.

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