Honour Based Abuse
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003524/C
Version Date: 21/08/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information.
Please note the monthly breakdown provided for question 1 is of Honour Based Abuse (HBA) incidents and this is from a different source to the offence breakdown provided for question 2 so the totals will not match.
The number of offences involving so-called ‘honour-based’ abuse to the year ending March 2025.
Data Source:
Honour Based Abuse (HBA) database
Total HBA incidents recorded 2024/25
|
Month |
Number of HBA Incidents |
|
April |
0 |
|
May |
1 |
|
June |
2 |
|
July |
1 |
|
August |
1 |
|
September |
2 |
|
October |
7 |
|
November |
1 |
|
December |
2 |
|
January |
2 |
|
February |
0 |
|
March |
2 |
|
Grand Total |
21 |
Please also provide break-downs by type of abuse and offence category.
Data Source:
Crime information system - Niche
Total HBA offences recorded in 2024/25
|
Offence |
Total |
|
Assault by beating (recordable) |
1 |
|
Cruelty to and neglect of children |
2 |
|
Engage in controlling / coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship (recordable) |
1 |
|
Harassment - put in fear of violence (recordable) |
1 |
|
Inflict grievous bodily harm without intent (Section 20) |
1 |
|
Intimidate a witness / juror (recordable) |
1 |
|
Rape of a Female aged 16 or over (Sec 1 SOA 2003) |
2 |
|
Stalking involving fear of violence (recordable) |
1 |
|
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress (recordable) |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
11 |