Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
The data I require is 1 years’ worth of data, covering the period from 01/06/19 to 31/05/20, for all recorded incidents of violence perpetrated by children aged 13-19 years towards their parents/step-parents, across the whole of your force. The offences include all violence against the person offences and criminal damage.
The specific data includes the following (in an anonymous format):
Overall count for the one year period
Breakdown of count by calendar month
Breakdown by offence type
Breakdown by gender of victims and perpetrators
Relationship (i.e. son-mother/step-mother, son-father/step-father, daughter-mother/step-mother, daughter-father/step-father)
Breakdown of age for victims and perpetrators
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within the Safeguarding Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held in part by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows. To note – not all the information requested is recorded. Where it is not, this is made clear in the below.
Breakdown of count by calendar month
June - 58
July - 74
August - 33
September - 50
October - 44
November - 50
December - 38
January – 58
February - 63
March - 39
April - 34
May - 28
Breakdown by offence type
Common assault – 152
Criminal damage – 127
S.47 assault – 40
Affray – 15
Public order S.4 – 10
Theft – 5
Assault emergency worker – 4
Threats to damage – 3
Public order S.5 – 3
Harassment fear of violence – 3
Offensive weapon – 3
Fraud by false representation – 2
Public order distress – 2
Threats to kill – 2
Burglary dwelling – 1
TWOC – 1
Breakdown by gender of perpetrators – to note - we do not record the gender of the victim
Male - 370
Female - 199
Relationship - to note - only the childs relationship is recorded.
Son – 343
Daughter – 175
Grandson – 21
Granddaughter – 17
Niece - 5
Step-daughter – 3
