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Women Arrested for Offences Against the Person

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004182/Z

Version Date: 06/02/2026

Please provide details on how many women have been arrested under:

a.) s58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
and
b.) the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929

Between June 2025 and January 2026.

Clarification:
Could you please use the following HO codes?

• 014/014/01/1/OF61108: Procure miscarriage of woman by poison / instrument (Offences Against the Person
Act 1861 - administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion) |
• 014/014/01/2/OF61107: Procure own miscarriage by poison / use of instrument (Offences Against the Person
Act 1861 - administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion) |
• 014/014/02/1/OF61111A: Attempt to procure a poison / noxious thing to cause a miscarriage (Offences
Against the Person Act 1861 - procuring drugs, etc, to cause abortion) |
• 014/014/02/2/OF61111: Procure a poison / noxious thing to cause a miscarriage (Offences Against the Person
Act 1861 - procuring drugs, etc, to cause abortion) |
• 014/014/02/3/OF61112: Procure instrument / thing to cause miscarriage (Offences Against the Person Act
1861 - procuring drugs, etc, to cause abortion) |
• 014/014/02/4/OF61110: Supply instrument / thing to cause miscarriage (Offences Against the Person Act
1861 - procuring drugs, etc, to cause abortion) |
• 014/014/02/5/OF61109: Supply poison / noxious thing to cause miscarriage (Offences Against the Person Act
1861 - procuring drugs, etc, to cause abortion)
• 04/03 - The Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929

The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Searches were completed in Niche for the requested HO codes. These searches resulted a nil return. Please note that this data may be subject to change if any investigations are ongoing.