Removal of objects from people - Ring removal
Case reference FOI2025/00078
Received 26 January 2025
Published 3 February 2025
Request
The number of times LFB has been asked to remove cock rings. Information broken down by area (London Borough) and by NHS Emergency Department located within 32 London Boroughs over the past 3 years.
Response
By way of background, the LFB do not have a specific incident category for the removal of cock rings. However, we do have a special service (non-fire) incident category of 'Removal of objects from people - Ring removal'.
Our Data team were able to perform a search of free text recorded in initial 999 call description or incident 'stop code' in this category for the words "penis" or "genitalia". The results were then reviewed to only include incidents where a penis was stuck in a ring of some description. This search method returned the following figures:
|
Year |
Number of Incidents |
|
2024 |
18 |
|
2023 |
13 |
|
2022 |
20 |
|
Total |
51 |
|
London borough where incident occurred |
Number of Incidents |
|
BARNET |
1 |
|
CAMDEN |
7 |
|
CROYDON |
1 |
|
ENFIELD |
3 |
|
HACKNEY |
3 |
|
HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM |
4 |
|
HAVERING |
2 |
|
HOUNSLOW |
4 |
|
ISLINGTON |
1 |
|
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA |
4 |
|
KINGSTON UPON THAMES |
1 |
|
LAMBETH |
3 |
|
LEWISHAM |
2 |
|
NEWHAM |
3 |
|
SOUTHWARK |
1 |
|
TOWER HAMLETS |
3 |
|
WALTHAM FOREST |
3 |
|
WANDSWORTH |
2 |
|
WESTMINSTER |
3 |
|
Total |
51 |
|
Address of incident |
Number of Incidents |
|
BARNET GENERAL HOSPITAL |
1 |
|
CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL |
4 |
|
CROYDON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL |
1 |
|
GUYS HOSPITAL |
1 |
|
HOMERTON HOSPITAL |
3 |
|
KINGS COLLEGE HOSPITAL |
1 |
|
NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL |
3 |
|
NORTH MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL |
3 |
|
QUEEN'S HOSPITAL |
2 |
|
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL |
2 |
|
ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL |
3 |
|
ST GEORGES HOSPITAL |
2 |
|
ST MARYS HOSPITAL |
2 |
|
ST MARYS NHS TRUST |
1 |
|
ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL |
2 |
|
THE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL |
1 |
|
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL |
5 |
|
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM |
2 |
|
WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL |
4 |
|
WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL |
3 |
|
NOT RECORDED |
5 |
|
Total |
51 |
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