Child physical abuse

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 24/6483 

Version Date: 21/05/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Processing:  

Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE          

Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded  

Qliksense Report: Occurrence - People Links (all)

Filtered by date: April 6th 2021 to April 5th 2024

Age Range at Time: <18    

Offence Group: Homicide, Violence with Injury, Rape, Other Sexual Offences

Data Limitations:

Data is reliant on the accurate recording of the victim’s age.  

1. How many offences of child physical abuse were recorded by the force in the last three years?

(Between April, 6, 2021 - April, 5, 2022/  April 6, 2022 - April 5, 2023/  April 6, 2023 = April 5, 2023)

The following table shows the number of "physical" offences against children (victims aged 0-17). 

 It is important to note that the above shows the number of offences, not victims.

For example, a child may be victim to more than 1 offence. 

1a) Of these, how many instances where the suspect/perpetrator was the child's parent/guardian?

Each of the 16,373 offences would need to be individually read in order to determine the victim/offender relationship.

This would make the request over fees under Section 12 of the FOI Act.