FOI 416/25 Children in Domestic Abuse Incidents
Enquiry Reference: FOI 416-25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
(1) Between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024, how many recorded crimes of domestic abuse 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.
- a) Volume of DA Crime that had a child linked to it between 01/01/2022-31/12/2024 was 8370 occurrences. This count is looking at the Public Protection Notice and the question of ‘is there a child present?’. This means that if a PPN hasn’t been submitted then this will not be counted. This count does not show how many children that is it referring to.
(2) How many of the children linked to the offence were:
5 & Under - 5211
6-12 years - 4469
12 years and over - 5077
(if providing this data takes my request over the cost limit, please confine your response to Questions 1 and 3).
- a) The analyst has provided the above numbers however please note this count is separate to the results in Q1 and Q3. This is the volume of children linked to the offence. Due to multiple children being present during the same crime, each child is counted separately.
(3) In how many of the recorded crimes of domestic abuse in Q1 did the offence involve “violence with injury”?
In Q1 (01/01/2025-31/01/2025) there was 1456 DA crimes where a child was linked, and the offence involved violence with injury. This count is looking at the Public Protection Notice and the question of ‘is there a child present?’. This means that if a PPN has not been submitted then this will not be counted. This count does not show how many children that is it referring to.
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold. 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.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker