Domestic abuse 886/2023

FOI Reference: 886/2023

Request:

Please provide the following information for the last available 12 months’ data in relation to: 

a. All female victims of domestic abuse

b. All female victims of sexual offences 

If you are unable to provide data for all female victims, please provide the data for: 

All victims of domestic abuse

All victims of sexual offences 

 

The information sought is: 

1. In what proportion of cases is the victim’s ethnicity recorded on the police electronic system? 
2. What is the ethnic breakdown of those victims for whom ethnicity is recorded? 
3. What is the ethnic breakdown of the population in your force area? 
4. Please provide a copy of the last publication of information by your force to demonstrate compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty under the force’s specific duties under Regulation 4, Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017. 

 

Response a:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

4645

 

Response b:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

1358

 

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Domestic Abuse 84%

Sex offences 66%

 

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Domestic Abuse

Ethnicity	Proportion of victim's ethnicity recorded %
Ns. Not Stated	15.87
W1. White British	80.32
W2. White Irish	0.46
W9. Any other white background	1.38
W3. White Gypsy or Traveller	0.13
A.1 Asian Indian	0.29
A2. Asian Pakistani	0.04
A3. Asian Bangladeshi	0.04
A4. Asian Chinese	0.17
B1. Black Caribbean	0.13
B2. Black African inc Black British	0.13
M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean	0.25
M2. Mixed White & Black African	0.17
M3. Mixed White & Asian	0.13
M9. Any other mixed	0.21
O2. Arab	0.04
O9. Any other	0.25

Sex offences

Ethnicity	Proportion of victim's ethnicity recorded %
NS. Not stated	34.44
W1. White British	62.08
W2. White Irish	0.15
W3. White Gypsy or Irish Traveller	0.15
W9. Any other white background	1.51
B2. Black African inc Black British	0.30
B9. Any other Black background	0.45
M2. Mixed White & Black African	0.15
M3. Mixed White & Asian	0.15
M9. Any other mixed	0.30
O9. Any other	0.15
A9. Any other Asian background	0.15

 

Response 3 & 4:

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.

Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires -Powys Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:

(a) states that fact,

(b) specifies the exemption in question and

(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, however the following exemption has been applied to the whole of the information you have requested:

Section 21 – Information reasonably accessible by other means:

U.K.

“This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1) Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is exempt information.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a)information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on payment, and

(b) information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the applicant if it is information which the public authority or any other person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise than by making the information available for inspection) to members of the public on request, whether free of charge or on payment.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), information which is held by a public authority and does not fall within subsection (2)(b) is not to be regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely because the information is available from the public authority itself on request, unless the information is made available in accordance with the authority’s publication scheme and any payment required is specified in, or determined in accordance with, the scheme.”

The information requested in Questions 3 & 4 can be accessed via the following hyperlinks:

Census - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

Public sector equality duty | Dyfed-Powys Police

                                                                                                          

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 18/04/2024)