Domestic abuse and controlling and coercive behaviour recorded from 2016 to 2021

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023013

I note you seek access to the following information:

This UK-wide police audit will be included in the ITV programme, to see if all UK-forces are recording the data digitally in an easy and retrievable way.

Please see the six questions below.

1.How many domestic abuse offences have been recorded in your force area in the past six years (2016, 2017. 2018. 2019, 2020, 2021)?
2.What was the gender of the perpetrator?
3.What was the gender of the victim?
4.How many controlling and coercive behaviour offences have been recorded in the past six years (2016, 2017. 2018. 2019, 2020, 2021)?
5. What was the gender of the perpetrator?
6. What was the gender of the victim?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please note that we often add additional offences and charges to main reports. E.g. CRIS reports may be recorded but charges may include Coercive Control – these figures may not appear if counting by CRIS.