Domestic Violence Offences

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/005977/K

Version Date: 30/08/2024

The Alliance Finance Department, Performance & Analysis Department and Professional Standards Department have provided the following information.

I would like to know what percentage of arrests for domestic violence offences were actually charged with an offence in 2023?

Data Source:                                                          

Crime and arrest data from Niche                                               

                                                           

Data Processing:                                                  

Qliksense "Detainee Management" report, "Arrest Data" page, filtered on:                                                 

Month Year: "Jan-23" to "Dec-23";                                                          

Domestic Abuse (Occurrence): "Yes".                                                    

Data exported.                                                         

                                                           

Qliksense "Crime & Outcomes" report, filtered on:                                                       

Notifiable Crime Only: "No";                                                          

Status: "Outcome Assigned";                                                       

Outcome List:                                                          

1: Charged                                                   

1: Summonsed/postal requisition                                                

1A: Alternate offence charged                                                      

1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition                                                   

Chart Builder populated and data exported.                                                       

                                                           

Further processing:                                                

Detainee Management export: duplicates removed on Custody ID to get the number of arrests where Domestic Abuse occurrences are listed.                                                

                                                           

Crime & Outcomes export matched into original Detainee Management export, based on OccurrenceID.                                                         

Data without a match removed, to leave Arrests with Domestic Abuse Occurrences listed where those Occurrences have been Charged.                                                

Duplicates removed on Custody ID to get the number of such Arrests where at least one Domestic Abuse Occurrence has been Charged.                                                  

                                                           

Data Limitations:                                                   

Data depends on the Occurrences being correctly listed on the Custody Record.                                                 

Please note we do not record data in percentages, therefore, this has not been provided.

 

There were 7073 arrests in 2023 which had Domestic Abuse Occurrences listed. Of these, 982 arrests had at least one charge for a Domestic Abuse offence.

REQUEST 2:
What was the total annual cost to Devon and Cornwall police to run specialist domestic violence units in 2023?

Please note:

• The below figure is from April 2023 – December 2023. Information not held for January 2023 to March 2023.
• The Specialist Domestic Violence teams not only investigate criminal offences but a large proportion of their time is spent safeguarding victims and their families, including risk management via application of civil orders.

 

£3,575,279.00.

REQUEST 3:
What percentage of serving or ex police officers have been reported for domestic violence offences and other violent offences against women in 2023?

Please note:

• We do not record data in percentages, therefore, this has not been provided.
• Only includes Niche occurrences where victim is female and where offence was of violent nature or domestic violence nature.
• Results do not include occurrences where matter was related to domestic abuse but there was no violent element of the offence.

 

Between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023, nine serving police officers and seven ex-police officers (no longer serving as of 16/01/2024) were reported for either domestic violence offences or other violence offences against women.

 

As of 16/01/2024, there are 3,956 police officers (including Special Constables) employed by Devon & Cornwall Police.