Coercive Behaviour - 335/20

Date Responded 20 March 2020

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:

Since 1 April 2017 to the present date:

How many reports were made in which controlling or coercive behaviour was the principal offence?
How many of those reports resulted in the arrest of the suspect?
How many of those reports resulted in charges against the suspect?
How many of those reports resulted in no further action against the suspect? If possible, please provide the reason behind each decision.
How many of those suspects went on to commit domestic homicide against their intimate partner?

Please provide a breakdown by year and gender of both the suspect and victim in response to each question

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

Please note that the data supplied below is from 1 April 2017 to 25 February 2020.

1 There have been 937 instances of controlling or coercive behaviour that have been crimed within the period specified.

	Arrests		Victims
Year	F	M	F	M
2017	32	254	262	24
2018	42	505	510	28
2019	11	106	103	10

Please note that some of these instances have multiple suspects logged.

2 There have been 69 arrests regarding controlling or coercive behaviour within the period specified.

	Arrests		Victims
Year	F	M	F	M
2017	3	22	22	3
2018	1	33	34	0
2019	0	10	10	0

3 32 of the above noted 69 cases resulted in charges being brought.

	Arrests		Victims
Year	F	M	F	M
2017	1	12	11	2
2018	1	16	17	0
2019	0	3	3	0

4 None of the above noted 69 cases resulted in a disposal of "NFA" or No Further Action.

5 No suspects when on to commit domestic homicide against their intimate partner.

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