Since 1990, the police have fatally shot 88 people in England and Wales.
| Fatal Police Shootings England and Wales 1990 - 2025 by year | |||
| Year | Metropolitan Police | Other Forces | Total |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1992 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1991 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 35 | 53 | 88 |
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