Recorded cruelty to children and young persons from April 2022 to March 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.030747

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. The total number of recorded cruelty to children/young person offences (Home Office offence code: 11A) for the periods 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

2. The total number of victims broken down by age (by individual year of age where possible otherwise please provide it grouped into: 0-5, 6-10, 11-15 and 16-17).

Below is a suggested table:

Total number of offences XX
Total number of victims XX
Age of victims
0 XX
1 XX
2 XX
3 XX
4 XX
5 XX
6 XX
7 XX
8 XX
9 XX
10 XX
11 XX
12 XX
13 XX
14 XX
15 XX
16 XX
17 XX

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.