Care Home offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/7152
Version Date: 06/11/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Occurrence People Links Report (all)
Data was filtered on the following offences:
Filltered on Crime Victim,
Person Age at Time: Over 65
Filtered on the following locations
Dwelling - Care establishment other
Dwelling - Nursing home
Data limitations:
No crimes/Cancelled crimes are not included
Please can you give the following information for the following years 2021, 2022, 2023 and if possible so far 2024
***I'd like the information for elderly care homes ie those over 65. If you cannot break that down please provide the information for all adult care homes and make that clear***
How many reports of concerns about abuse/safeguarding have been reported to your force within in adult care home setting? (care homes, nursing homes etc) *In terms of abuse – physical, financial, sexual, neglect. Please break down by the years above and if possible by the type of allegation.
|
Offence |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
|
Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm |
3 |
10 |
|
|
|
Assault by beating |
1 |
6 |
28 |
22 |
|
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm ABH |
|
2 |
20 |
23 |
|
Care provider breach duty of care resulting in ill-treatment / neglect of individual |
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
Care worker ill-treat / wilfully neglect an individual |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
Carer ill-treat / wilfully neglect a person without capacity |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Common assault |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
Common assault and assault without injury |
|
4 |
16 |
9 |
|
Criminal damage Other - including endangering life |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling - including endangering life |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Distraction Burglary - Residential (Home) |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Exposure |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Fraud |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
Fear or provocation of violence |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Harassment without violence |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Inflict grievous bodily harm without intent |
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
Rape |
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
Residential Burglary of a Home |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Section 18 - grievous bodily harm with intent |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Send communication threatening death or serious harm |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Sending indecent / grossly offensive communications etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Sexual assault |
|
4 |
11 |
9 |
|
Theft All Other |
|
3 |
7 |
14 |
|
Theft by employee |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Theft from the person of another |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Theft in dwelling other than an automatic machine or meter |
4 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
|
Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour with intent to cause fear of / provoke unlawful violence |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Voyeurism |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Total |
12 |
41 |
114 |
109 |
*January to September
Please Note: In November 2022 Devon & Cornwall Police changed their crime recording system from UNIFI to Niche. Comparisons before and after this change are not comparable
How many of those reports have resulted in an investigation into the allegations? Please break down by the years above and if possible by the type of allegation.
All crimes are investigated
How many of those investigations have resulted in charges being brought by the force? Please break down by the years above and if possible by the type of allegation.
|
Offence resulting in charge/postal requistion |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
|
Assault by beating |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Carer ill-treat / wilfully neglect a person without capacity |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Common assault and assault without injury |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
*January to September
Figures are subject to change where investigations are ongoing