Violence against women offences 109/2022
FOI Reference: 109/2022
Request 1:
In relation to FOI request 188/2021 and 860/2021 - can I find out the same statistics but from March 2021 to December 2021?
1. The number of women killed by an abusive partner, partner, or stalker from 2011 to date (please break down in yearly intervals). If this will exceed the time of request - please go from 2015 onwards)
2. Please can you detail how they were killed and a. what action was taken against their killer (e.g. Prison sentence, caution, no action taken).
3. How many of these women who were killed had previously reported their murderer to the police force for threatening behaviour?
4. If these women had reported their murderer to the police force for threatening behaviour, how many times had they previously reported them and what action was taken by the police force on these occasions?
5. Were any of these cases subsequently referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct?
Request 2:
In relation to 859/2021 FOI request - could I find out the same statistics but from September to December 2021?
The statistics needed is the outcome of rape crime, outcome of sexual assault crime, gender of victim and gender of perpetrator (both in the outcome of rape and sexual assault)
Request 3:
HHas the force domestic abuse policy review been completed yet?
Request 4:
From 13/10/21 to 31/12/21 - have there been any misconduct cases or grievances recorded by Dyfed Powys Police female officers?
Clarification:
- For request 1, I require all homicides where the suspect/offender was the ex-partner, current partner or stalker of the victim regardless of the outcome.
- For request 2 can I just get the same as I received before. So I believe that is just sexual assault and rape crimes.
- not just the reduced information and sexual assault and rape crime.
Response 1:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) women killed by an abusive partner, partner, or stalker between March 2021 and December 2021.
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Please note: it was realised that the previous responses in relation to this request contained inaccurate data, therefore the data has now been collated for the whole time period (2016 – 2021) and the updated accurate data is provided below.
|
Outcome of Rape Crimes |
Total |
|
Formal action not in public interest (Police) |
6 |
|
Named suspect under the age of criminal responsibility |
16 |
|
Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
7 |
|
Victim or key witness dead/ too ill |
19 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action - named suspect not identified |
82 |
|
Victim supports action but evidential difficulties |
755 |
|
Outcome type used inappropriately |
1 |
|
Person wanted on PNC |
1 |
|
Victim does not (or has withdrawn) support - named suspect |
921 |
|
Prosecution time limit expired |
1 |
|
Investigation Complete: No suspect identified |
27 |
|
Charged |
77 |
|
Reported for Summons |
6 |
|
Summons |
32 |
|
Charged for alternative offence |
5 |
|
Summonsed for alternative offence |
1 |
|
Other agency dealing |
1 |
|
Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest - police decision |
12 |
|
Youth Caution |
1 |
|
Youth Conditional Caution |
2 |
|
Caution - Youth - alternate offence |
1 |
|
Caution - Adult - alternate offence |
2 |
|
Offender has died |
5 |
|
Youth Community Resolution |
2 |
|
Prosecution not in public interest (CPS) (all offences) |
20 |
|
Charged |
1 |
|
Outcome of Sexual Assault Crimes |
Total |
|
Formal action not in public interest (Police) |
50 |
|
Named suspect under the age of criminal responsibility |
36 |
|
Named suspect too ill to prosecute |
21 |
|
Victim or key witness dead/ too ill |
21 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action - named suspect not identified |
79 |
|
Victim supports action but evidential difficulties |
865 |
|
Person wanted on PNC |
7 |
|
Victim does not (or has withdrawn) support - named suspect |
977 |
|
Investigation Complete: No suspect identified |
38 |
|
Charged |
131 |
|
Reported for Summons |
30 |
|
Summons |
79 |
|
Charged for alternative offence |
6 |
|
Other agency dealing |
23 |
|
Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest - police decision |
61 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity |
7 |
|
Youth Caution |
2 |
|
Youth Conditional Caution |
2 |
|
Adult Caution |
16 |
|
Adult Conditional Caution |
11 |
|
Caution - Adult - alternate offence |
1 |
|
Offender has died |
18 |
|
Adult Community Resolution |
4 |
|
Youth Community Resolution |
7 |
|
Prosecution not in public interest (CPS) (all offences) |
36 |
|
Gender of Rape Victim |
Total |
|
F |
1782 |
|
M |
222 |
|
Gender of Rape Suspect/Offender |
Total |
|
F |
22 |
|
M |
1769 |
|
Not Stated |
213 |
|
Gender of Sexual Assault Victim |
Total |
|
F |
2117 |
|
M |
411 |
|
Gender of Sexual Assault Suspect/Offender |
Total |
|
F |
161 |
|
M |
2051 |
|
Not Stated |
316 |
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
The DA Policy was last reviewed and amended on 10/11/2021 in order to reflect the new definition of domestic abuse as per the new DA Act 2021.
It was given a short review date of 10/01/2022 because that’s when we were expecting guidance from the College of Policing regarding the new definition of domestic abuse, which was implemented by the Home Office in Jan 2022.
The College of Policing APP has not been updated yet, so the DA Policy will stay as it is until we have that guidance from them.
Response 4:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that zero (0) misconduct cases or grievances were recorded by Dyfed-Powys Police female officers in the timeframe specified.
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 26/04/2022)