Manslaughter Arrests (5A/20)
Request
Between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2014, how many people in Birmingham were arrested for manslaughter? How many were charged? How many of these people were convicted? What was their average sentence?
Between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015, how many people in Birmingham were arrested for manslaughter? How many were charged? How many of these people were convicted? What was their average sentence?
Between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016, how many people in Birmingham were arrested for manslaughter? How many were charged? How many of these people were convicted? What was their average sentence?
Between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017, how many people in Birmingham were arrested for manslaughter? How many were charged? How many of these people were convicted? What was their average sentence?
Between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018, how many people in Birmingham were arrested for manslaughter? How many were charged? How many of these people were convicted? What was their average sentence?
Between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019, how many people in Birmingham were arrested for manslaughter? How many were charged? How many of these people were convicted? What was their average sentence?
Response
Please find attached our response.
Please note we do not hold conviction or sentencing data, this is held by HMCTS: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
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.