STATISTICS reveal where police officers in North Wales are being assaulted whilst on the job.

The latest open data published by the Home Office show the areas in Wales where officers are being attacked as they work to protect their communities.

Figures from April 2018 to April 2019 show that across the region, officers in North Wales combined were assaulted on hundreds of occasions – with the hotspot for assaults being Wrexham.

The data shows that of the 440 assaults recorded against officers across North Wales, 134 attacks were recorded against police constables in the Wrexham area - of which 53 were recorded by officers as ‘assault with an injury’.

Likewise, in Flintshire a total of 56 acts of violence were recorded against local officers, resulting in 26 injuries.

Across the region, there were 84 assaults recorded in Denbighshire (25 where officers sustained an injury), followed by 72 in Conwy (with 29 injuries recorded), 70 in Gwynedd (with 37 injuries recorded), 23 in Anglesey (with 17 recorded injuries recorded) and one incident logged as an unassigned area in North Wales which resulted in an injury to an officer.

The issue of officers being injured in the line of duty has made the headlines numerous times, but North Wales Police says their stance has remained the same.

A spokesman said: “An assault of any kind should never be considered “part of the job. Our officers are out there doing a demanding job, working hard to protect the most vulnerable and to keep people safe.

“They get good training and equipment and we seek to ensure that welfare arrangements are readily available when they become victims of an assault. These attacks leave their mark physically and mentally on the officers and in some cases their families and are totally unacceptable.”