FOI 1009/24 Domestic Violence statistics

Dear Sir/Madam 

Enquiry Reference:  1009 - 24                                                                                       

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request.  Below is your request and our response.

I would like domestic violence and domestic abuse statistics for the last 15 years across Teesside please.  I am particularly interested in seeing rates for both male perpetrated abuse and male perpetrated Intimate Relationship Violence, as well as female perpetrated abuse, and female perpetrated Intimate Relationship Violence.  I am wanting the amount of calls received per year for both male and female perpetrated abuse and IRV, and also any outcome statistics for both males and females too (cautions or charges brought).

Please note recording and definitions have changed a lot over this time period so cannot be comparing like for like and we cannot for the whole time period requested. There has been lots of changes in crime recording rules which has impacted DA volumes over time.

Since April 2018 the changes have had a smaller impact on volumes, but there has still been changes in the primary recording rule in relation to malicious comms and harassment since then.

The information below is for domestic abuse crimes, which includes violence as well as sexual violence, emotional, coercive or controlling behaviour, and economic abuse.

*A person may be named but not recorded as a suspect and therefore these crimes aren’t included, nor where the suspect’s gender is not recorded.

The number of solved crimes will increase as more investigations come to a close, particularly for crimes in 2024.

Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.

The Cleveland Police response to your request is unique and it should be noted that Police Forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures to capture and record data therefore responses from Cleveland Police should not be used as a comparison with any other force response you receive.

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Yours sincerely

Information Rights Decision Maker