Clares Law (FOI Ref: 1834A 25)

FOI Request Reference: 1834A/25

Thank you for your request for information, received 2/9/2025

Request

Please could you provide the total number of Disclosure Requests made under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (also known as “Clare’s Law”)" during the following periods by Gender

1st April 2022 up to and including 31st March 2023 1st April 2023 up to and including 31st March 2024 1st April 2024 up to and including 31st March 2025

For your ease of reference, please provide the details for the “Person at Risk” that is, the person for whom the enquiry has been made by, directly and/or on behalf of

Response

Please find enclosed our response.

We have provided the suspect gender.  Our current search is not allowing us to search for any victim gender information. (This is due to a system error).

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.