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DaveB
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Violent crime HAPV statistics

Hello, someone told me that on this forum there are UK violent crime statistics including things like most common methods of attack. Can someone point me towards them please?

Iain Abernethy
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DaveB wrote:
Hello, someone told me that on this forum there are UK violent crime statistics including things like most common methods of attack. Can someone point me towards them please?

The most recent discussion we’ve had around this can be found here

iainabernethy.co.uk/content/uk-sex-crimes-reported-police-highest-level-current-records-began

 I’m guessing this is what is being referred to?

All the best,

Iain  

DaveB
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Thanks Iain, but the gentleman was talking about HAPV: most common methods of assault in the UK.

JWT
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Hi DaveB

This rang a bell so I did two searches here using both HAPV and the more common HAOV terms.

HAOV came up with this thread in which we both contributed: http://iainabernethy.co.uk/content/historical-kata-application 

HAPV came up with this thread in which the list from my first book and the late Jeff Nash's article was published (and unattributed): http://iainabernethy.co.uk/content/haymakers-head-butts-and 

Now when Jeff gave me permission to use his list in the Heian Flow System he told me (I have printed copies of our email exchanges) that it had come from a steering group looking into European violence. he unfortunately no longer had a reference for it and I have since been unable to find one. I used a modified (and unprioritised) version of said list in my more recent Pinan Flow System series of books based on my observations of behaviour in CCTV footage and Emergency Department reports of injuries along with the little glimpses of behaviour patterns we get in various home office reports. There is however to my knowledge no current Home Office' list of HAOV in order of liklihood or MA text/research including a list with firm evidence indicating any weighting.

Here is an excerpt from the Pinan Flow System Volume Two:  

The majority of the data on violent crime that I have studied over the last fourteen years comes from the British Crime Survey, the Scottish Crime Survey, Home Office reports on various Violent Crime Initiatives, Hospital Emergency Department reports on violent crime injuries, the Crime Survey in England and Wales, news reports, CCTV footage and data provided by the FBI on their website. The often unconscious behaviour patterns of participants in the high-adrenaline scenario simulation training that I have run for people from a broad range of backgrounds has corroborated a significant amount of that data and footage.

 

Setting the scene:

  • Alcohol is a significant factor in violent crime, particularly in the night-time economy.
  • People in their late teens and early twenties are the most common perpetrators of violent crime.
  • Men commit the majority of violent crime, but women and mixed groups are also protagonists.
  • People in their late teens and early twenties are the most at risk group from violent crime.
  • Approximately half of violent crime is committed people known (by sight, conversation etc.) to the victim.
  • Approximately two thirds of violent crime is one on one.
  • Violent crime happens in all weathers, both indoors and outdoors; light clothing such as t shirts or shirts cannot provide the same levers as karate gi, and are often torn open or off in fights.

 

 

Examples of close quarter male on male physical attacks:

  • Push to the chest followed by a swinging punch to the head
  • Swinging punch /punches to the head
  • Front clothing grab, one handed, followed by punch to the head
  • Front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a head butt
  • Front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a knee to the groin
  • Bottle, glass, or improvised weapon to the head
  • Lashing kick to groin/lower legs
  • Broken bottle/glass jabbed to face
  • Slashing, hacking or stabbing with a small knife
  • Grappling style head lock
  • Tackles (high pushing tackles under the shoulder, to the waist driving down and less commonly to the legs)
  • Kicking or stamping on a prone person

 

Examples of male on female attacks:

  • Victim approached and threatened with a weapon.  The weapon might then be hidden allowing the attacker to lead the victim away.  Such attacks rely on compliance through intimidation.  There may be opportunities to escape through physical or vocal means in some instances.
  • A silent or rushing approach was made from behind, the victim grabbed in a headlock and then dragged away.
  • A silent or rushing approach was made from behind, the victim grabbed round the waist and then dragged away.
  • Victim pinned to a wall with a throat grab with the attacker's left hand and threatened with a weapon. The weapon might then be hidden allowing the attacker to lead the victim away.  Such attacks rely on compliance through intimidation. There may be opportunities to escape through physical or vocal means in some instances.
  • Attacker grabbed the victim's hair with his left hand, and victim dragged away.
  • Swinging punch to the head
  • Push to the front or from behind
  • Pull (downwards) from behind
  • Slap to the head / face
  • Kicking or stamping on a prone person

 

Examples of close quarter female on female / male physical attacks:

  • Push to the chest followed by a swinging punch to the head
  • Swinging punch / punches to the head
  • Slap to the face or head
  • Hair pulling
  • Front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a knee to the groin
  • Bottle, glass, or improvised weapon to the head
  • Lashing kick to groin
  • Grappling style head lock
  • Scratching the face
  • Kicking or stamping on a prone person or standing person

Alternatively follow the link below to a recent reblogging of an article I wrote in 2004 and that was published in Traditional Karate Magazine in 2005 which includes the Jeff Nash data. https://johntitchen.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/haov-habitual-acts-of-viole...

All the best

John Titchen 

DaveB
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Thanks John, that's just what I was looking for.

JWT
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Glad to be able to help. :)