Domestic Homicide
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/006600/K
Version Date: 15/10/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded
Qliksense Report: Occurrence - People Links (all)
Crime Only (No)
Q1
Month Created: January 2018 to June 2024
Offence Group: Homicide
Person or Organisation: Person
Victim: Yes
Domestic Abuse: Yes
Sex: Female
Q2
Crime Only (No)
Month Created: January 2017 to June 2024
Person or Organisation: Person
Victim: Yes
Sex: Female
Victim nominals from Q1 search
(1) Where a domestic abuse related homicide has taken place for a woman, can Devon and Cornwall provide how many females were killed due to domestic homicide between
a. 2020- 2021
b. 2021-2022
c. 2022-2023
d. 2023- to date
Between 1st Janaury 2020 to 30th June 2024, there were 11 domestic abuse related homicides of female victims:
|
Year |
Total |
|
2020 |
1 |
|
2021 |
6 |
|
2022 |
0 |
|
2023 |
4 |
|
2024 |
0 |
|
Total |
11 |
(2|)Please supply the numbers of women who were killed by a partner/relative/friend who had previous contact with your police force in the 12 months prior to their death. Please give an annual breakdown from 2018 to 2024 or the last available data.
1: 2018-2019
2:2019-2020
3: 2020- 2021
4: 2021-2022
5: 2022- 2023
6:2023-2024
Between 1st January 2018 to 30th June 2024, there were 15 domestic abuse related homicides of female victims.
|
Year |
Total |
|
2018 |
3 |
|
2019 |
1 |
|
2020 |
1 |
|
2021 |
6 |
|
2022 |
0 |
|
2023 |
4 |
|
2024 |
0 |
|
Total |
15 |
The below table shows the number of these victims who had made previous reports to the Force:
|
Other reported offence within 12 months? |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
No other offences |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Yes - 1 other offence |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Yes - 2 other offences |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Yes - 3 other offences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Yes - 9 other offences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
3 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
Please note, these reports could relate to any offence and any offender, it is not limited to reports of offences committed on the victim, by the homicide offender.
Q£: Can you provide figures female domestic violence survivors who were ranked as high risk from 2018 – 2024 to date and breakdown annually. And can you provide figures for male domestic violence survivors who were ranked as high risk from 2018 – 2024 to date and breakdown annually.
No information held.
The Performance & Analysis Department are unable to find data on risk levels. The way in which data has been transferred from Unifi to Niche means there is no reliable way to extract it.