Breaches of restraining and protection orders
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003522/A
Version Date: 20/08/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information.
For 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, how many breaches of restraining orders were recorded?
For 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, how many breaches of domestic violence protection orders were recorded?
|
SC Description |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
Breach of a domestic violence protection order |
17 |
9 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Harassment - breach of restraining order |
202 |
166 |
158 |
177 |
110 |
813 |
|
Grand Total |
219 |
175 |
158 |
177 |
110 |
839 |
How many of the breaches recorded resulted in a no further action outcome?
How many of the breaches recorded resulted in a charge?
For breach of restraining orders
|
Latest Stats Class Status |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
78 |
64 |
51 |
56 |
54 |
303 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
13 |
11 |
19 |
17 |
5 |
65 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
12: Named suspect identified but is dead or too ill (physical or mental health) to prosecute |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
6 |
13 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
40 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
31 |
24 |
28 |
42 |
17 |
142 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
32 |
26 |
23 |
16 |
5 |
102 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
16 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
|
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, has been undertaken and there is no public interest to continue |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
5: Offender has died |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
9: CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
|
Cancelled/transferred |
28 |
12 |
19 |
27 |
13 |
99 |
|
New |
|
|
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
|
Grand Total |
202 |
166 |
158 |
177 |
110 |
813 |
How many of the breaches recorded resulted in a no futher action outcome?
How many of the breaches recorded resulted in a charge?
For breach of DVPO
|
Latest Stats Class Status |
2020 |
2021 |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
13 |
5 |
18 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
1 |
|
1 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Cancelled/transferred |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
New |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
17 |
9 |
26 |