Violence against women and girls

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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008179/Z

Version Date: 29/05/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information.

Data Source:

Crimes recorded on crime information system – NICHE

Data Processing:

Data Set 1: Female victims of Violence Against Women and Girls in Plymouth
Qliksense Occurrence People Links (All) Report
Person or Organisation: Person
Crime Only: No
Dimension: VAWG Crime (Female Victim over 10): Yes
Occurrence LPA: Plymouth LPA
Victim: Yes
Sex: Female

No Date Selected. Excel filtered and removed occurences with Crimed Date post 02/05/2025 (Earliest date in the report was 10/01/1992)

Data Set 2: Male Suspects/Offenders
Qliksense Occurrence People Links (All) Report
Person or Organisation: Person
Crime Only: No
Offender/Suspect: Yes
Sex: Male
Brought down all male offenders (split over 3 tabs)

Matched offender data to victim data
To find Domestic abuse figures I filtered on domestic related and removed duplicates on Niche Ref only to leave the number of crimes

To find the intimate partner violence I filtered on Offender Victim Relation: Ex spouse/cohabitee/partner and Ex spouse/cohabitee/partner and removed duplicates on Niche Ref only to leave the number of crimes.

Caveats/Limitations
No crimes/Cancelled Crimes excluded
Data is dependant on an individual being linked to an occurrence
Although I have filtered from 1950 onwards, the earliest VAWG date recorded in the report is 10/01/1992
Data is dependant on correct recording of all used flags

my final project is focusing on violence against women and girls including domestic violence, sexual attacks and murders.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following:

The number of female victims in Plymouth since 1950 and where these incidents occurred.

Calendar Year	Devonport	Parkway	Plymouth Central & University	Plymouth City Centre & the Waterfront	Plymouth East & Efford	Plymouth North	Plymouth West	Plympton	St. Budeaux	Stonehouse	Total
1992	5	5	2	3	3	7	6	1	9	6	47
1993	6	11	2	7	6	17	11	1	8	5	74
1994	11	13	8	5	6	15	10	5	17	18	108
1995	21	22	19	9	17	18	23	4	19	28	180
1996	28	22	21	14	27	29	24	12	29	26	232
1997	37	36	14	19	28	22	29	4	33	30	252
1998	33	27	19	23	20	25	16	5	24	34	226
1999	34	27	17	29	23	20	25	6	29	41	251
2000	28	24	17	25	21	28	22	7	28	31	231
2001	27	33	15	22	17	15	25	5	24	35	218
2002	55	68	39	32	58	48	55	12	51	60	478
2003	69	83	50	33	60	56	64	21	56	77	569
2004	104	119	80	72	93	76	99	40	96	99	878
2005	187	171	140	112	191	143	183	98	187	171	1583
2006	215	183	146	136	200	160	191	88	221	147	1687
2007	185	183	154	157	188	153	204	69	165	177	1635
2008	167	197	134	163	187	180	177	71	179	186	1641
2009	201	236	144	149	185	198	206	80	170	155	1724
2010	178	193	179	165	244	163	158	65	147	187	1679
2011	210	178	188	169	210	152	155	61	155	161	1639
2012	210	194	185	152	237	166	164	90	184	191	1773
2013	255	219	193	172	265	209	175	113	201	188	1990
2014	271	214	238	208	307	274	202	93	232	191	2230
2015	301	240	284	268	342	293	226	127	276	242	2599
2016	291	293	287	243	356	289	225	122	270	264	2640
2017	373	365	388	331	475	416	305	201	338	286	3478
2018	429	411	418	425	592	516	339	210	393	294	4027
2019	431	378	427	399	511	532	363	208	387	317	3953
2020	450	407	478	285	605	549	330	200	433	304	4041
2021	442	402	571	377	562	568	400	222	416	350	4310
2022	433	465	499	469	603	525	342	218	396	355	4305
2023	436	401	461	399	554	543	304	240	397	299	4034
2024	469	481	450	474	591	597	386	260	407	350	4465
2025*	195	182	183	168	222	218	157	85	150	126	1686
Total	6787	6483	6450	5714	8006	7220	5601	3044	6127	5431	60863

Please note: An individual will appear in the data only once per calendar year.

Data period: Earliest date where data recorded is 10/01/1992 and last date of search is 02/052025.

Of these, how many were committed by male suspects?

Calendar Year	Devonport	Parkway	Plymouth Central & University	Plymouth City Centre & the Waterfront	Plymouth East & Efford	Plymouth North	Plymouth West	Plympton	St. Budeaux	Stonehouse	Total
1992	4	3	1	1	3	4	4	1	7	5	33
1993	4	9	2	4	4	13	6	0	7	1	50
1994	8	12	5	3	5	7	8	2	13	9	72
1995	18	17	14	8	14	12	20	3	14	21	141
1996	19	17	17	9	21	22	17	9	23	20	174
1997	28	33	13	15	21	9	24	2	26	21	192
1998	29	22	17	18	18	20	14	3	20	22	183
1999	29	21	13	21	20	17	22	6	24	29	202
2000	22	24	15	18	18	23	19	5	27	22	193
2001	22	30	12	18	16	13	22	3	23	24	183
2002	43	51	30	17	37	38	43	8	36	36	339
2003	43	65	33	23	43	39	44	17	40	48	395
2004	81	80	62	54	71	61	78	31	68	66	652
2005	153	128	110	77	161	115	136	66	148	116	1210
2006	164	158	123	94	169	125	150	79	166	102	1330
2007	149	136	126	100	163	125	167	59	130	132	1287
2008	135	168	108	116	154	137	152	63	140	135	1308
2009	165	193	127	101	161	160	169	68	133	114	1391
2010	151	160	149	115	203	135	132	57	112	139	1353
2011	169	146	139	106	175	120	126	48	132	113	1274
2012	173	145	149	104	187	128	127	79	147	146	1385
2013	189	165	143	128	204	155	130	79	155	138	1486
2014	208	162	173	123	244	212	167	73	177	126	1665
2015	236	184	208	175	259	207	159	90	202	163	1883
2016	199	209	207	142	262	178	167	90	184	167	1805
2017	238	246	246	173	319	271	211	117	241	178	2240
2018	282	281	245	199	397	335	215	134	270	207	2565
2019	290	260	258	226	354	324	240	133	280	202	2567
2020	305	287	309	161	424	335	216	128	282	207	2654
2021	290	286	372	220	389	357	271	134	261	216	2796
2022	296	310	353	264	403	325	217	136	251	238	2793
2023	317	279	323	238	381	345	206	159	261	200	2709
2024	305	314	309	255	396	380	255	164	263	243	2884
2025*	132	134	125	102	162	130	98	60	98	87	1128
Total	4896	4735	4536	3428	5858	4877	4032	2106	4361	3693	42522

Please note: An individual will appear in the data only once per calendar year.

Data period: Earliest date where data recorded is 10/01/1992 and last date of search is 02/052025.

If available, please indicate how many of these were classified as domestic-related or intimate partner violence.

Calendar Year	Number classified as domestic-related
1992	2
1994	7
1995	11
1996	13
1997	21
1998	32
1999	36
2000	39
2001	52
2002	79
2003	141
2004	426
2005	1408
2006	1517
2007	1414
2008	1415
2009	1483
2010	1407
2011	1408
2012	1500
2013	1781
2014	1895
2015	2067
2016	1989
2017	2671
2018	3344
2019	3321
2020	3649
2021	3528
2022	3510
2023	3535
2024	3486
2025*	1150
Total	48337

Please note: An individual will appear in the data only once per calendar year.

Data period: Earliest date where data recorded is 10/01/1992 and last date of search is 02/052025.

Calendar Year	Ex spouse/cohabitee/ partner	Spouse/cohabitee/ partner	Total
1999	1	0	1
2008	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	4	5
2017	10	10	20
2018	4	9	13
2019	9	2	11
2020	21	19	40
2021	67	30	97
2022	876	294	1170
2023	1795	777	2572
2024	1847	746	2593
2025*	614	254	868
Total	5248	2146	7394

Please note: An individual will appear in the data only once per calendar year.

Data period: Earliest date where data recorded is 10/01/1992 and last date of search is 02/052025.

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