Control / cohersive behaviour (FOI Ref: 3/26)
Request
- How many offences have there been of 008/67 (Home Office Code) reported between January 1st, 2020, to December 30th, 2025?
- Please can you provide the outcome for each of these reported offences?
- Please can you also provide the gender of the victim and the accused, i.e. male or female?
- Please can the data be provided in an excel spreadsheet, broken down year by year, under the specific offence code, i.e. 2020, 008/67 (engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship)?
We clarified with you on 2 Jan 2026 and you replied the same day – you amended request reads:
For the calendar years 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2025 please provide:
Q1. How many recorded crimes are there for the offence, “Engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship" 008/67 (Home Office Code)
Q2. The outcomes for the results in Q1
Q3. The victim / suspect genders for the results in Q1
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
For the calendar years 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2025 please provide:
Q1. How many recorded crimes are there for the offence, “Engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship" 008/67 (Home Office Code)
|
Offence Title |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
4,036 |
3,803 |
3,881 |
4,316 |
16,036 |
|
Attempted - Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
Total |
4,038 |
3,804 |
3,883 |
4,318 |
16,043 |
Q2. The outcomes for the results in Q1
|
Offence Title and Outcome Description |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
4,036 |
3,803 |
3,881 |
4,316 |
16,036 |
|
Caution – Adult (Inc Conditional Caution) |
2 |
6 |
13 |
16 |
37 |
|
Charge or summons |
43 |
71 |
124 |
191 |
429 |
|
Community Resolution |
1 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
15 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Evidential Difficulties - Victim Based - Named suspect not identified |
29 |
36 |
64 |
47 |
176 |
|
Further action will be taken by another body |
6 |
18 |
9 |
9 |
42 |
|
Investigation Complete: No suspect identified |
16 |
18 |
36 |
39 |
109 |
|
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support) |
3,034 |
2,865 |
2,879 |
2,528 |
11,306 |
|
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support) |
905 |
778 |
705 |
1,060 |
3,448 |
|
Prosecution not in the public interest (CPS) (all offences) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
The Offender has Died (all offences) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
- |
0 |
7 |
47 |
416 |
470 |
|
Attempted - Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
4,038 |
3,804 |
3,883 |
4,318 |
16,043 |
Q3. The victim / suspect genders for the results in Q1
Victim:
|
Offence Title and Victim Gender |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
4,038 |
3,805 |
3,878 |
4,306 |
16,027 |
|
Female |
3,593 |
3,288 |
3,257 |
3,315 |
13,453 |
|
Indeterminate |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Male |
421 |
488 |
535 |
531 |
1,975 |
|
Unknown |
4 |
10 |
7 |
18 |
39 |
|
Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
- |
20 |
17 |
79 |
441 |
557 |
|
Attempted - Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
Female |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Male |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
4,040 |
3,806 |
3,880 |
4,308 |
16,034 |
Suspect:
|
Offence Title and Suspect Gender |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
4,038 |
3,894 |
3,971 |
4,460 |
16,363 |
|
Female |
510 |
583 |
611 |
678 |
2,382 |
|
Indeterminate |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Male |
3,480 |
3,273 |
3,288 |
3,477 |
13,518 |
|
Unknown |
3 |
8 |
8 |
13 |
32 |
|
Unspecified |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
- |
45 |
30 |
63 |
290 |
428 |
|
Attempted - Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
Female |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Male |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Total |
4,040 |
3,895 |
3,973 |
4,461 |
16,369 |
Victim/Suspect details are not always available.
Some records include duplicates where more than 1 Victim/Suspect was identified. For example, a one victim may have reported 27 crimes. This data is based on the number of crimes recorded. Likewise, on crime may have more than one victim or more than one suspect.
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