Parricide

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009819/H

Version Date: 07/05/2026

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source:

Crime information system – Niche

Data processing:

Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded                                 

Qliksense Report: Occurrence People Links                                              

Filtered by crimed date: January 1st 2023 to December 31st 2025                      

Offence Group: Homicide                                           

Victim: Yes                                            

Age at Time Committed: 65-97                                             

Offender Victim Relation: Family - Child on Parent                                               

Data Limitations/Caveats:

Data is reliant on accurate recording of victim/offender relationship.

The number of cases in your force area wherein an elderly parent (classed as aged 65 and over) was killed by their child, in the following years:

2023 – zero
2024 – zero
2025 – zero

Please note that we only looked at cases where a trial has concluded and therefore the outcome has already been dertmined. Any ongoing cases have been excluded.