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Police and civil guards suffer 1,400 attacks per month in 2023, after three years with increases of more than 8%

MADRID, 10 Dic.

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Police and civil guards suffer 1,400 attacks per month in 2023, after three years with increases of more than 8%

MADRID, 10 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Police officers and civil guards suffer an average of 1,400 attacks per month until August 2023, after three previous years with increases of more than 8% in criminal offenses involving attacks on law enforcement officers. Specifically, in 2020, 13,671 attacks were recorded, compared to 15,360 in 2021 and 16,651 in 2022.

The data appears in a written parliamentary response dated November 10, consulted by Europa Press, in which the Government breaks down by province the 11,311 attacks suffered by Police and Civil Guard officers between January and August 2023.

The data in these months of 2023 leaves an average of 1,400 attacks per month, higher than the 1,130 per month for the entire year in 2020. Infractions rose by 12% in Spain as a whole between 2020 and 2021, and remained above the 8% in the annual comparison in 2022.

Madrid accumulates the highest number of attacks on police officers and civil guards, with 2,191 until August 2023. The figure increased slightly in the three preceding years, recording 3,034 in 2020, 3,298 in 2021 and remaining at 3,238 in 2022.

In the case of Barcelona, ​​the figure drops to 1,177 so far in 2023, although a progressive increase is also detected year after year: 1,008 violations in 2020, compared to 1,841 in 2022. However, the question asked by the PP is It referred to attacks on police officers and civil guards, which is why the statistics provided by the Interior do not include the Mossos d'Esquadra and other autonomous bodies.

The rest of the provinces that accumulate the most attacks on police and civil guards in the first eight months of 2023 are Valencia (752), Alicante (626), Seville (457), Málaga (426), Murcia (390) and Cádiz (320). .

The Government indicates that the data have been obtained from the Crime Statistical System of the Ministry of the Interior, computing crimes included between articles 550 and 554 of the Penal Code.