Domestic abuse-related homicides 1095/2025

FOI Reference: 1095/2025

Request

Please find below my Freedom of Information request regarding domestic abuse-related homicides in your force area from 2018 to the present.

1. Please supply the numbers of women who were killed by a partner//ex partner /relative, (including parent/child/sibling/other family by blood, marriage or adoption). Provide an annual breakdown from 2018- 2025 to date.
2. Please supply the numbers of men who were killed by a partner,/ex partner /relative, (including parent/child/sibling/other family by blood, marriage or adoption). Provide an annual breakdown from 2018- 2025 to date.

Where possible breakdown relationship categories for example, partner, son etc for the above.

3. Please supply the numbers of women who were killed by a partner/relative (including parent/child/sibling/other family by blood, marriage or adoption who had previous contact with your police force in the 12 months prior to their death. To clarify please attempt to identify offence(s) where both the victim and the suspect had previous contact with the police for domestic abuse related incidents or crime with each other. Please give an annual breakdown from 2018 to 2025 or the last available data.
4. Please supply the numbers of men who were killed by a partner/relative (including parent/child/sibling/other family by blood, marriage or adoption who had previous contact with your police force in the 12 months prior to their death. To clarify please attempt to identify offence(s) where both the victim and the suspect had previous contact with the police for domestic abuse related incidents or crime in relation to each other. Please give an annual breakdown from 2018 to 2025 or the last available data.

Where possible breakdown relationship categories for example, partner, son etc for the above.

Domestic abuse-related: use your force’s standard domestic abuse flag/marker as applied at the time of recording, in line with national guidance.

For multi-victim events, count each victim separately. For multiple suspects, use the principal suspect linked to the victim record.

If you apply small-number suppression, please aggregate the smallest cells and note where suppression has been applied.

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

Response Q1

2018 – 3 (1 x Son/step-son/half-son/adopted son/daughter/step-daughter/half-daughter/adopted daughter & 2 x Partner: heterosexual partnership          

2019 – 2 (1 x Partner: heterosexual partnership, 1 x Partner, husband)

2020 – 1 (1 x Parents both mother and father)

2021 – 2 (1 x Acquaintance/other known relationship & 1 x Son/step-son/half-son/adopted son/daughter/step-daughter/half-daughter/adopted daughter            

2022 – 1 (1 x son)

2023 – 0

2024 – 1 (partners father)

2025 – 0

Response Q2

2018 – 0

2019 – 1 (1 x cousin)

2020 – 0

2021 – 0

2022 – 1 (1 x Brother/step-brother/half-brother/adopted brother/sister/step-sister/half-sister/adopted sister)

2023 – 0

2024 – 1 (1 x parent – mother)

2025 – 0

Response Q3

Zero (0)

Response Q4

Zero (0)

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 29/12/2025)