Reported homicides 972/2022

FOI Reference: 972/2022

Request:

Please can you provide me electronically by email and broken down annually by calendar year from and including 2012 to the latest data available to date (12th December 2022):

1) Of the total recorded homicides each year, the number of victims killed by an offender/offenders the victim had previously reported to your police force for an offence in the sub group of “stalking and harassment” in the count offence classification code. This includes:

a. Stalking – classification code 8Q

b. Malicious Communications – classification code 8R

c. Harassment – classification code 8L

d. Racially or religiously aggravated harassment – classification code 8M

e. Controlling or coercive behaviour – classification code 8U

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• For the period covering 2012 – 12/12/22 there have been zero homicides in which the offender had previously been reported by the victim for an offence in the sub group of stalking and harassment.

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate.       

Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally.  However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.       

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 16/01/23)