VAWG related offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/3129
Version Date: 02/05/2025
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Please could the figures for these questions be broken down by year to include 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
How many VAWG related crimes were recorded by the force?
Data obtained from the VAWG Database
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
|
VAWG Offences |
12219 |
11974 |
12685 |
12728 |
13098 |
12360 |
How many sexual assaults were reported to the force?
Data obtained by searching under the Main Crime Group of “Sexual Offences” and filtering the Sexual Offence Category to “Sexual Assault Female” and “Sexual Assault Male”
|
Offence Category |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Sexual Assault Female |
681 |
586 |
816 |
897 |
750 |
733 |
|
Sexual Assault Male |
139 |
116 |
141 |
168 |
168 |
157 |
|
Total |
820 |
702 |
957 |
1065 |
918 |
890 |
How many rapes were reported to the force?
Data obtained by searching under the Main Crime Group of “Sexual Offences” and filtering the Sexual Offence Category to “Rape Female” and “Rape Male”
|
Offence Category |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Rape Female |
713 |
596 |
736 |
750 |
753 |
738 |
|
Rape Male |
64 |
74 |
81 |
67 |
80 |
70 |
|
Total |
777 |
670 |
817 |
817 |
833 |
808 |
How many domestic abuse related crimes were reported to the force?
Data obtained by searching for crimes with the Domestic Abuse (ACPO) Crime Flag ticked plus the class of Domestic Abuse (ACPO)
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
|
Domestic abuse Offences |
9776 |
9936 |
9573 |
8739 |
9694 |
9563 |
How many deaths were identified by the force as domestic abuse related?
We searched our Homicide Database which searches for murder and child destruction and filtered on any crimes with the Domestic Abuse flag applied. Information on deaths such as suicide is not held.
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
|
Homicides / Child destruction flagged as Domestic Abuse related |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Of those, how many were suspected suicides by domestic abuse victims?
As per above, there is no recording criteria for suicide. The cause of sudden death is determined by the Coroner, and not the Police.
Of the total number of domestic abuse related deaths, how many were intimate partner homicides?
Data obtained from Homicide Database.
|
Offender/Victim Relationship |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Ex spouse/cohabitee/partner |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Spouse/cohabitee/partner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Of those intimate partner homicides, how many perpetrators were known to police before the homicide occurred?
Manual review of the results of the previous question.
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
|
Offender known to police prior? |
|
Y |
Y |
|
N |
|