Cases of Domestic Abuse
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007623/Q
Version Date: 07/03/2025
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
The number of cases of domestic abuse each year from 2020 to 2025 by outcome
Qliksense Crimes and Outcomes Report
Filtered by date crimed: 1st January 2020 to 21st January 2025
Domestic Related: Yes
Include No Crimes: No
Notifiable Crime Only: Yes
The gender of Vicims by Year
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
'No crimes' excluded,
All offence groups including Notifiable reported incident & Non Notifiable
Crime Only: Yes
Qliksense Report: Occurrence - People Links (All)
Filtered by date crimed: 1st January 2020 to 21st January 2025
Domestic Abuse: Yes
Person or Organisation : Person
Victim: Yes
Data Limitations:
An individual will only appear in the data once per calendar year
I would like to request the number of cases of domestic abuse each year from 2020 to 2025 split by gender. As well as the outcome of the crime.
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The number of cases of domestic abuse recorded by Devon and Cornwall police between 1st January 2020 to 21st January 2025* by calendar year and the outcome of the crime. |
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Outcome |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025* |
Total |
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Action Against Suspect Not in Public Interest |
571 |
282 |
220 |
368 |
378 |
4 |
1823 |
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Action taken by another body/agency |
62 |
44 |
40 |
86 |
72 |
4 |
308 |
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Adult Caution |
388 |
352 |
399 |
467 |
492 |
21 |
2119 |
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Below Age of Criminal Responsibility |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
15 |
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Charged/Summonsed |
1673 |
1455 |
1328 |
1305 |
1146 |
46 |
6953 |
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Community Resolution |
96 |
96 |
133 |
113 |
114 |
8 |
560 |
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Diversionary, educational or intervention activity |
226 |
410 |
130 |
56 |
60 |
0 |
882 |
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Evidential Difficulties - Victim Declines |
165 |
109 |
113 |
242 |
338 |
18 |
985 |
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Invalid Outcome Code - please check |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Investigation Complete: No Suspect - Case Closed |
639 |
3625 |
4248 |
310 |
349 |
12 |
9183 |
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Investigation Ongoing |
17 |
51 |
232 |
952 |
2926 |
452 |
4630 |
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Not in the Public Interest - CPS |
56 |
73 |
43 |
28 |
8 |
1 |
209 |
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Not in the Public Interest - Police |
20 |
20 |
56 |
163 |
130 |
6 |
395 |
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Not Recorded |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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Offender Died |
9 |
19 |
13 |
33 |
24 |
0 |
98 |
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Pending CSU Outcome |
0 |
0 |
42 |
176 |
0 |
0 |
218 |
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Prosecution Time Limit Expired |
240 |
345 |
270 |
313 |
196 |
9 |
1373 |
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Suspect Identified - Evidential Difficulties |
7681 |
5710 |
5832 |
5676 |
5363 |
213 |
30475 |
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Suspect too Ill |
59 |
94 |
60 |
64 |
78 |
2 |
357 |
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Taken into Consideration |
0 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
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Victim no Support |
8989 |
8560 |
8507 |
12637 |
13395 |
551 |
52639 |
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Victim too Ill or Dead |
19 |
19 |
23 |
34 |
27 |
1 |
123 |
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Youth Caution |
35 |
22 |
15 |
8 |
13 |
0 |
93 |
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Total |
20949 |
21291 |
21708 |
23040 |
25118 |
1348 |
113454 |
*Partial year data
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The number of victims of domestic abuse recorded by Devon and Cornwall police between 1st January 2020 to 21st January 2025* by calendar year and the gender of the victim. |
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Year |
Female |
Male |
Unknown |
Total |
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2020 |
10496 |
4560 |
140 |
15196 |
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2021 |
10585 |
4589 |
97 |
15271 |
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2022 |
10837 |
4597 |
126 |
15560 |
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2023 |
11315 |
4936 |
166 |
16417 |
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2024 |
12307 |
5740 |
183 |
18230 |
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2025 |
907 |
327 |
13 |
1247 |
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Total |
56447 |
24749 |
725 |
81921 |
*Partial year data