Domestic abuse and pregnancy
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1978
Version Date: 28/05/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Please Note: Domestic abuse can be recorded as incidents or as crimes and some of the detail requested around charges for example and offence type is relevant to crimes but not incidents.
Of the reported domestic abuse incidents between 2019-2024 how many of the victims were pregnant? Please give a yearly breakdown.
|
Reported Year |
Domestic Abuse Incident Count |
Domestic Abuse Incident Count - Where victim is pregnant |
|
2019 |
7557 |
1323 |
|
2020 |
9133 |
1606 |
|
2021 |
11446 |
2152 |
|
2022 |
10471 |
1800 |
|
2023 |
11875 |
1914 |
|
2024 (Jan to Apr) |
3657 |
575 |
|
Total |
54139 |
9370 |
Of those reported incidents how many of those resulted in the perpetrator being charged with an offence?
Please note that the data requested concerns Domestic Abuse incidents as opposed to crimes and as such formal outcomes such as charges are not relevant to incidents.
Please give a yearly breakdown and if within cost limits a breakdown of offence types.
Similarly, there is not a specific offence type relevant to Domestic Abuse incidents that can be supplied.
Of these, what was the gender, and if possible, age and geographic makeup of the suspected perpetrators?
Where suspect details were recorded, the tables below show the age/gender split for offenders for the total domestic abuse incidents reported as well as the location of the offence. Geographic makeup of the suspects is not possible to provide within the time constraints.
|
Suspect Gender |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
|
Female |
263 |
459 |
778 |
952 |
1460 |
547 |
|
Male |
1681 |
2544 |
4107 |
5007 |
7074 |
2354 |
|
Unknown |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
Total |
1944 |
3004 |
4885 |
5963 |
8534 |
2902 |
|
Suspect Age |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
|
18-24 |
302 |
412 |
660 |
757 |
1022 |
422 |
|
25-34 |
612 |
981 |
1667 |
1873 |
2469 |
765 |
|
35-44 |
511 |
762 |
1227 |
1609 |
2565 |
889 |
|
45-54 |
300 |
472 |
755 |
951 |
1381 |
468 |
|
55-64 |
109 |
212 |
304 |
406 |
578 |
197 |
|
65-74 |
32 |
60 |
91 |
121 |
193 |
67 |
|
75-84 |
9 |
26 |
35 |
68 |
82 |
27 |
|
85 and over |
2 |
3 |
10 |
22 |
38 |
6 |
|
Under 18 |
51 |
63 |
121 |
127 |
173 |
53 |
|
Unknown |
16 |
13 |
15 |
29 |
33 |
8 |
|
Total |
1944 |
3004 |
4885 |
5963 |
8534 |
2902 |
|
Geographic Location of Incident |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
|
Bournemouth Central |
111 |
180 |
356 |
485 |
568 |
152 |
|
Bournemouth East |
218 |
349 |
648 |
639 |
945 |
271 |
|
Bournemouth North |
452 |
644 |
846 |
954 |
1247 |
417 |
|
Bridport |
39 |
76 |
77 |
124 |
239 |
102 |
|
Christchurch |
98 |
144 |
271 |
282 |
443 |
140 |
|
Dorchester |
80 |
118 |
204 |
277 |
363 |
156 |
|
East Dorset |
140 |
185 |
336 |
458 |
585 |
226 |
|
North Dorset |
140 |
174 |
301 |
336 |
585 |
174 |
|
Poole North |
154 |
226 |
387 |
434 |
794 |
335 |
|
Poole South |
165 |
347 |
438 |
540 |
851 |
265 |
|
Purbeck |
70 |
101 |
172 |
253 |
351 |
97 |
|
Weymouth & Portland |
177 |
232 |
491 |
692 |
858 |
305 |
|
Unknown |
100 |
228 |
358 |
489 |
705 |
262 |
|
Total |
1944 |
3004 |
4885 |
5963 |
8534 |
2902 |
*Jan to Apr only
If you do not currently keep such statistics on domestic violence in pregnancy, what is the reason for this?
Not applicable – See Q1