Female homicide victims 257/24

FOI Reference: 257/2024

Request:

Please could you provide us with a list of all female victims of homicide killed between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023 (inclusive) which your authority has been responsible for investigating and, for each victim:

1. the date of the homicide;
2. the names of the victims and the accused / perpetrator;
3. the age of the victim;
4. the ethnicity/race of the victim;
5. the relationship between the accused and the victim;
6. the sex of the accused / perpetrator;
7. the ethnicity/race of the perpetrator;
8. if identified, the way in which the victim was killed;

Also, if possible, we would appreciate the following information.

9. whether there were any previous reports from the victim (or any third party) regarding the accused / perpetrator; and
10. whether there were any previous reports and / or convictions of any other offences related to violence against women perpetrated by the accused / perpetrator.

Response:

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

The response to Question 1 is that there were zero (0) homicide victims involving female victims investigated by Dyfed Powys Police between 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023.

By virtue of the response to Question 1, we have no details to provide in response to the subsequent questions.

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 05/03/24)