Racist assaults against Social Workers
Case reference FOI2026/01361
Received 12 June 2026
Published 29 June 2026
Request
For the below time periods: 1 April 2024 – 31 April 2025 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 April 2021 – 31 March 2022 1 April 2020– 31 Mach 2021
Please provide the total number of racist assaults, across all Children's teams and Community Wellbeing teams (both of which would capture all Social Workers amongst other roles), and a breakdown of that total into racist verbal assaults and racist physical assaults.
Response
For the below time periods:
1 April 2024 – 31 April 2025
1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024
1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
April 2021 – 31 March 2022
1 April 2020– 31 Mach 2021
Please provide the total number of racist assaults, across all Children's teams and Community Wellbeing teams (both of which would capture all Social Workers amongst other roles), and a breakdown of that total into racist verbal assaults and racist physical assaults.
A: The answers to the request are:
Racist assaults/abuse :
2020- 0
2021-0
2022-0
2023-0
2024-1 ( of which 1 verbal abuse)
2025-2 ( of which 2 verbal abuses)
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