Murder & attempted murder incidents 139/24
FOI Reference: 139/2024
Request:
For the offences of MURDER and ATTEMPTED Murder, please state over each of the last five years, in the year to September, the following:
The number AND % of reported MURDERS and ATTEMPTED MURDERS which resulted in:
- Charged/Summonses
- Taken into consideration
Out-of-court (formal)
- Caution - youths.
- Caution - adults
- Penalty notices for disorder
- Out of court (informal)
- Cannabis/Khat warning
- Community resolution
Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest
- Offender died
- Not in public interest (CPS)
- Not in public interest (police)
- Prosecution prevented - suspect under age
- Prosecution prevent - suspect too ill
- Prosecution time limit expired
Evidential difficulties
- Suspect identified; victim supports action
- Victim does not support action
Suspect not identified; victim does not support further action
Suspect identified; victim does not support further action
Investigation complete - no suspect identified
Action undertaken by another body/agency
Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest.
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action.
Total offences assigned an outcome
Offences not assigned an outcome
Total offences
Response:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Outcome type/ group |
Volume year to September 2019 |
Volume year to September 2020 |
Volume year to September 2021 |
Volume year to September 2022 |
Volume year to September 2023 |
Volume from October 23 to February 24 |
|
Charged |
8 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Taken into consideration |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Out-of-court (formal) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Caution - youths |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Caution - adults |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Penalty Notices for Disorder |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Out-of-court (informal) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cannabis/Khat warning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Community resolution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offender died |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not in public interest (CPS) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not in public interest (Police) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prosecution prevented- suspect underage |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prosecution prevented- suspect too ill |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prosecution prevented- victim/key witness dead/too ill |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Prosecution time limit expired |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim supports action) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Evidential difficulties (suspect does not support action) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Evidential difficult: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim does not support further action |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Investigation complete- no suspect identified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Action undertaken by another body/agency |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total offences assigned an outcome |
12 |
13 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Offences not yet assigned an outcome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
Total offences |
12 |
13 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
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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.
Furthermore, it should also be noted that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime 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 18/03/2024)