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Crimes of Violence: Databases

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 November 2025UIN 89782

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are on the violent harm assessment database by (a) age, (b) nationality and (c) ethnicity.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Violence Harm Assessment database is an internal tool used by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to identify and risk assess individuals involved in violence in London.

The Home Office are not responsible for the database and the MPS publish summary statistics on the demographic background of those individuals on the database, which can be found here: Violence Harm Assessment | Metropolitan Police .

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