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Domestic Abuse - 855/20

Date Responded 17 June 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:

Could you please provide me with the following information for April and May in 2019, and April and May in 2020? It would be much appreciated if you could break down the figures by month.

  1. The numbers of reported incidents tagged as domestic abuse in nature, broken down by Home Office offence classification. I am particularly keen to know the numbers of homicides. I understand domestic abuse-related incidents cover all reports, not just those in which an initial investigation concluded a crime was committed.
  2. The number of people arrested for crimes that took place in April and May with a domestic abuse tag, broken down by offence classification.
  3. The number of people charged with crimes that took place in April and May with a domestic abuse tag, broken down by offence classification.

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 attached.

Domestic Abuse - 855/20

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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