Clare's Law disclosures

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009489/J

Version Date: 02/03/2026

Under Freedom of Information since the introduction of Clare's Law please provide the number of instances when police provided disclosure on (i) on request and (ii) voluntarily out of concern for safety, per calendar year ending 31 December 2025.

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source

Crimes recorded on crime information system – NICHE

Previous data used Between April 2017 - May 2024 from task 810 FOI 25_7772 - Clare's Law DVDS (workings file 2b. DVDS spreadsheet)

Qliksense "Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme" report.

Filters Tab

No date selected

"OCC_Post_Reported_Date2 (1/2)" default "Y" filter removed.

Filtered on Decision: F2F Disclosure Meeting

Data from Right to ASK sheet Exported

In Excel Duplicates removed on "Occurrence File No (RTA)".

Then same selections as above but filtering on

Data from Right to KNOW sheet Exported

In Excel Duplicates removed on "Occurrence File No (RTA)".

Caveats/Limitations

• Data on decision is only reliably recorded for Occurrences reported from 01/06/2024
• Duplicates removed on "Occurrence File No (RTA)".
• Data prior to April 2017 is not held

Data