Common Assault flagged as Domestic Abuse (1109A/21)
Request
I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information:
- Please disclose the total number of Common Assault cases that were flagged as domestic abuse cases reported to your police force in the financial years:
- 2016-17
- 2017-18
- 2018-19
- 2019-20
- 2020-21
For reference Q1 is aiming to get the total figure of these cases so as to compare the numbers in Q2 and Q3.
- Please disclose the number of Common Assault cases that were flagged as domestic abuse cases that passed the six month limit for prosecuting and were therefore not prosecuted in the financial years:
- 2016-17
- 2017-18
- 2018-19
- 2019-20
- 2020-21
I would like cases to be counted for the year where the report/allegation was received – so a case that is reported in Dec 2018 but the six month prosecution limit elapses in June 2019 should be counted in the 2018 figure. I hope that makes sense but please let me know if you need me to clarify anything.
- Please disclose the number of Common Assault cases that were flagged as domestic abuse cases that resulted in charges being brought against the alleged perpetrator in the financial years:
- 2016-17
- 2017-18
- 2018-19
- 2019-20
- 2020-21
As in Q2, I would like you to count these cases by the year the original report/allegation was received rather than the year in which charges were brought (if charges were brought in a subsequent year)
Response
Please find attached our response.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.