Non-fatal strangulation offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 24/2003
Version Date: 30/05/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Specifically, I would like to know how many offences have been recorded under the new non-fatal strangulation offence (s75A Serious Crime Act 2015 (as amended by Domestic Abuse Act 2021), since it was introduced in June 2022. Please provide the following information:
1. How many crimes of non-fatal strangulation (s75A Serious Crime Act 2015) have you recorded between 7 June 2022 and the most recent date for which data is available?
Data provided for 7 June 2022 and 30 April 2024 - manual review required to distinguish between suffocation and strangulation offences.
This includes ALL such crimes recorded, whether or not they are currently under investigation
|
|
Crimes recorded 07/06/22 - 13/04/24 |
|
Non-fatal suffocation |
12 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation |
796 |
|
Unknown |
4 |
|
Total |
812 |
Please provide a breakdown of victims and offenders/suspects for non-live by:
a. Sex/gender (how many female victims, how many male victims, how many unknown and same for offenders/suspects)
Note: The remaining tables below only relate to cases that have been filed - ie do not remain under investigation
'Unknown' is an offence recorded as non-fatal strangulation and suffocation where it has not been possible to determine whether it was specifically strangulation or suffocation being recorded.
|
Non-fatal suffocation |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
Male |
0 |
10 |
|
Female |
11 |
0 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
Male |
176 |
535 |
|
Female |
530 |
76 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
0 |
|
Unknown offence |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
Male |
0 |
2 |
|
Female |
3 |
0 |
Age group for victims and suspects (16-24, 25-39, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90+)
|
Non-fatal suffocation |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
Under 16 |
1 |
0 |
|
25-29 |
1 |
1 |
|
30-34 |
4 |
2 |
|
35-39 |
1 |
1 |
|
45-49 |
1 |
2 |
|
50-54 |
0 |
2 |
|
55-59 |
0 |
1 |
|
60-64 |
2 |
0 |
|
75-79 |
0 |
1 |
|
80-84 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total |
11 |
10 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
Under 16 |
58 |
19 |
|
16-24 |
120 |
76 |
|
25-29 |
85 |
65 |
|
30-34 |
80 |
100 |
|
35-39 |
75 |
75 |
|
40-44 |
89 |
91 |
|
45-49 |
59 |
61 |
|
50-54 |
59 |
44 |
|
55-59 |
38 |
39 |
|
60-64 |
15 |
16 |
|
65-69 |
6 |
8 |
|
70-74 |
7 |
4 |
|
75-79 |
3 |
5 |
|
80-84 |
4 |
5 |
|
85-89 |
1 |
1 |
|
90+ |
2 |
1 |
|
Unknown |
6 |
1 |
|
Total |
707 |
611 |
|
Unknown offence |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
30-34 |
2 |
0 |
|
40-44 |
0 |
1 |
|
55-59 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
3 |
2 |
Ethnicity of victims and suspects (using usual HO categories or whatever you use to organise ethnicity)
Self-defined race groups only included where this is a data value across one of the tables.
|
Non-fatal suffocation |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
B9. Any other Black background |
1 |
0 |
|
NS. Not stated |
1 |
0 |
|
W1. White British |
5 |
7 |
|
W2. White Irish |
0 |
1 |
|
Unknown |
4 |
2 |
|
Total |
11 |
10 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
A1. Asian – Indian |
0 |
4 |
|
A3. Asian - Bangladeshi |
0 |
2 |
|
A9. Any other Asian background |
3 |
4 |
|
B1. Black Caribbean |
2 |
6 |
|
B2. Black African |
3 |
12 |
|
B9. Any other Black background |
1 |
2 |
|
I1. Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
0 |
1 |
|
M1. White & Black Caribbean |
1 |
3 |
|
M3. White & Asian |
1 |
1 |
|
M9. Any other mixed background |
3 |
3 |
|
NS. Not stated |
67 |
39 |
|
O1. Chinese |
1 |
1 |
|
O9. Any other ethnic group |
4 |
4 |
|
W1. White British |
392 |
454 |
|
W2. White Irish |
2 |
2 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
20 |
35 |
|
Unknown |
207 |
38 |
|
Total |
707 |
611 |
|
Unknown offence |
Victims |
Offenders |
|
NS. Not stated |
2 |
0 |
|
W1. White British |
1 |
2 |
|
Total |
3 |
2 |
Relationship between victim and suspects (spouse/partner, acquaintance, friend, neighbour, other family member, stranger, relationship not known).
Relationship categories mirror the requestors categories where possible but due to how they are recorded on the Police system there may be some additional relationship types included e.g. friend/acquaintance/colleague is a combined category.
|
Non-fatal suffocation |
Victim/Offender relationship |
|
Spouse/cohabitee/partner |
5 |
|
Ex-spouse/cohabitee/partner |
3 |
|
Friend/Acquaintance/Colleague |
1 |
|
Other family member |
1 |
|
Relationship not known |
1 |
|
Total |
11 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation |
Victim/Offender relationship |
|
Spouse/cohabitee/partner |
205 |
|
Ex-spouse/cohabitee/partner |
211 |
|
Friend/Acquaintance/Colleague |
36 |
|
Neighbour |
20 |
|
Other family member |
125 |
|
Stranger |
12 |
|
Relationship not known |
29 |
|
Other |
69 |
|
Total |
707 |
|
Unknown offence |
Victim/Offender relationship |
|
Ex-spouse/cohabitee/partner |
1 |
|
Friend/Acquaintance/Colleague |
1 |
|
Other family member |
1 |
|
Total |
3 |
Breakdown of case outcomes: for non-live cases, how many arrests, charges, prosecutions and convictions.
An arrest is not a case outcome and prosecutions and convictions are court data not police data. Data has however been provided in relation to crimes resulting in a charge.
|
|
Crimes filed resulting in a charge |
|
Non-fatal suffocation |
2 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation |
79 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
|
Total |
81 |
If it is feasible to do so, please distinguish between data for crimes recorded as non-fatal strangulation (defined in s75A Serious Crime Act 2015, as amended by Domestic Abuse Act 2021) and crimes recorded as non-fatal suffocation (defined in s75B Serious Crime Act, as amended by Domestic Abuse Act 2021.)