DA children (FOI Ref:702A/25)
Request
Please can you provide the following information. Please note there are three parts to my request.
(1)
Between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024, how many domestic abuse incidents did your force record where a child was linked to the offence?
By domestic abuse, I mean an incident between two individuals aged 18+ and domestic abuse can include emotional, sexual, physical and financial abuse.
(2)
How many of the children linked to the offence were?
Under-5
6-12 years
12 years and over
(if providing this data takes my request over the cost limit, please confine your response to Questions 1 and 3).
(3)
In how many of the domestic abuse incidents in Q1 did the offence involve “violence with injury”?
We clarified with you on 2nd April 2025 and your final reply was 3rd April 2025
Your amended request reads:
For the time period 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024,
Q1. Please provide the number of domestic abuse recorded crime your force recorded where a child (aged 17 and under) was recorded as a victim?
Q1A: From the data in question 1 please group the ages into Under-5; 6-12 years; 12 years and over
Q2. From the data in question 1 how many of the recorded crime involved “violence with injury”
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
Q1. Please provide the number of domestic abuse recorded crime your force recorded where a child (aged 17 and under) was recorded as a victim?
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Total crimes: |
6791 |
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Total number of victims: |
6818 |
There may be more than one victim per crime.
Q1A: From the data in question 1 please group the ages into Under-5; 6-12 years; 12 years and over
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Age group: |
Number of victims: |
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Unknown |
23 |
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Age 0-5 |
440 |
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Age 6-12 |
677 |
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Age 13-17 |
5678 |
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Total: |
6818 |
Q2. From the data in question 1 how many of the recorded crime involved “violence with injury”
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Violence with injury |
1398 |
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Total: |
1398 |
Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.