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		</div><p>Violence crimes involving acid and other corrosive liquids have soared by 30% in the last two years.</p>
<p>Police have recorded more than 500 offences in which people were injured or threatened with harmful substances since 2012, an investigation by the Press Association found.</p>
<p>They included 242 reports of violent crime which mentioned acid or other corrosive substances across 23 forces in 2014 and 2015, compared with 186 alleged offences in 2012 and 2013.</p>
<p>One acid attack victim said he believed criminals were using corrosive substances as a “cheaper alternative” to guns and knives.</p>
<p>Wayne Ingold, 57, had sulphuric acid thrown at his face at his block of flats in Witham, Essex, in 2014 in a case of mistaken identity.</p>
<p>The father of two said: “There has to be a stronger deterrent because these crimes are on the rise. It’s got ridiculous now. One day someone will get killed.</p>
<p>“We had gun crime and knife crime – acid seems to be a cheaper alternative. How would these people feel if a member of their family was the victim?”</p>
<p>The Press Association sent Freedom Of Information requests to every police force in the UK asking how many assaults had been recorded involving acid or other corrosive substances since 2012.</p>
<p>Some forces provided details of all violent crime reports mentioning corrosive liquids including threats when the substance may not have been used. A number of forces provided their total number of offences since 2012 but did not break down the figures for each year.</p>
<p>In total, 503 offences in which people were injured or threatened with corrosive substances were recorded by forces between 2012 and November 2015, according to the police figures.</p>
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