Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009421/P
Version Date: 12/02/2026
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
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Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE |
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Qliksense "Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme" report. |
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Filters Tab |
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Filtered on "Date Reported Month/Year" Jan-2025 to Dec-2025 |
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"OCC_Post_Reported_Date2 (1/2)" default "Y" filter removed. |
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Filtered on Occurrence Type: Y Disclosure - DA - DV Disclosure Scheme Clare's Law Right to Ask (Management Occurrence) |
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Demographics and Persons Type Sheet |
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Filtered on Person type: Recipient then Requester exported those tables. |
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Caveats/Limitations |
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Duplicates removed on "Occurrence File No (RTA)". |
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"Right to Know" reports have not been considered for this request. |
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We have noticed the figures have increased by around a third since 2024, this is due to an increase in the number of disclosure requests and is correct. |
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All Data tables below are a count of the total number of people and not a count of individuals |
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1) The total number of Disclosure Requests made under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (also known as “Clare’s Law”)" during the period 1st January 2025 up to and including 31st December 2025 by gender, age, & ethnicity.
For your ease of reference, please provide the details for the “Person at Risk” i.e. the person for whom the enquiry has been made by directly and/or on behalf of.
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Person Sex "Disclosure - Recipient" |
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Female |
2320 |
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Male |
76 |
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Unknown |
28 |
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Grand Total |
2424 |
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Age Group at Time of "Disclosure - Recipient" |
Number of people |
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< 16 |
2 |
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16-24 |
378 |
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25-34 |
837 |
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35-44 |
733 |
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45-54 |
330 |
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55-64 |
124 |
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65-74 |
17 |
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75 years and over |
1 |
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Unknown |
2 |
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Total |
2424 |
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Self-Defined Ethnicity of "Disclosure - Recipient" |
Number of people |
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Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background |
5 |
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Asian/Asian British - Indian |
2 |
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Asian/Asian British - Pakistani |
1 |
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Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African |
3 |
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Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background |
2 |
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Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean |
1 |
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Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background |
9 |
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Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Asian |
5 |
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Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black Caribbean |
7 |
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Not Stated |
1 |
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Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group |
8 |
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Other ethnic group - Arab |
2 |
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Other ethnic group - Not stated |
379 |
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White - Any other White background |
26 |
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White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British |
1965 |
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White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
2 |
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White - Irish |
6 |
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Total |
2424 |