Domestic abuse crime data broken down by ethnicity

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To whom it may regard,

My name is Carly Roberts and I'm using a What Do They Know account, shared by Claire Wilde and Harriet Clugston.

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would like data on the total number of domestic abuse-related offences recorded by the force between 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, broken down by the victim’s ethnicity.

Please send me:

1). The number and type of crime outcomes recorded for domestic-abuse related offences*, broken down by sex and ethnicity of the victim, and the nature of the offence – eg psychological, physical, sexual or emotional. Please only include offences that have been assigned an outcome, and group them by the year the outcome was recorded rather than the year the crime took place.

2). Of the cases that resulted in a charge or summons in part 1 of this request (by year the outcome was recorded), please provide a breakdown of the sex and ethnicity of the suspect, whilst retaining the breakdown of the sex and ethnicity of the victim

3). The number of times a suspect was arrested in relation to a domestic abuse-related offence, broken down by the sex and ethnicity of the suspect and of the victim

4). The number of women who sought a domestic abuse protection order, by ethnicity

5). The number of women who were granted a domestic abuse protection order, by ethnicity

6). The number of men who sought a domestic abuse protection order, by ethnicity

7). The number of men who were granted a domestic abuse protection order, by ethnicity

Please provide the requested data in a spreadsheet format.

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.

If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

Many thanks, Carly Roberts.

Info Rights Freedom Essex, Essex Police

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Dear Info Rights Freedom Essex,

I am writing to ask for an update on this request which is overdue.

A response was due by 2nd July.

Could you please advise when you will be able to provide the requested data, and do so as a matter of urgency?

Yours sincerely,

Carly Roberts

Info Rights Freedom Essex, Essex Police

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Thank you for your patience in regard to your initial request and we
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Dear Info Rights Freedom Essex,

Could you please tell me when I can expect a response to this request? The last update was well over a month ago and an initial response was due 2 July

Yours sincerely,

Carly

Info Rights Freedom Essex, Essex Police

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Thank you for your patience in regard to your initial request. We must
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department has struggled with resourcing and workload, therefore the level
of service provided has been below what is expected.

 

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In respect of your enquiry:

 

I would like data on the total number of domestic abuse-related offences
recorded by the force between 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, broken down
by the victim’s ethnicity.

Please send me:

1). The number and type of crime outcomes recorded for domestic-abuse
related offences*, broken down by sex and ethnicity of the victim, and the
nature of the offence – eg psychological, physical, sexual or emotional.
Please only include offences that have been assigned an outcome, and group
them by the year the outcome was recorded rather than the year the crime
took place.

2). Of the cases that resulted in a charge or summons in part 1 of this
request (by year the outcome was recorded), please provide a breakdown of
the sex and ethnicity of the suspect, whilst retaining the breakdown of
the sex and ethnicity of the victim

3). The number of times a suspect was arrested in relation to a domestic
abuse-related offence, broken down by the sex and ethnicity of the suspect
and of the victim

4). The number of women who sought a domestic abuse protection order, by
ethnicity

5). The number of women who were granted a domestic abuse protection
order, by ethnicity

6). The number of men who sought a domestic abuse protection order, by
ethnicity

7). The number of men who were granted a domestic abuse protection order,
by ethnicity

Please provide the requested data in a spreadsheet format.

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could
contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise
and assist requesters.

If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you
direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

 

In respect of Sec 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to
your request in respect of Question 1 2 and 3, and under Section 1(1)(b)
please see the below information .

 

The results and findings of the FOI 15780 Domestic Abuse Crime Data by
ethnicity from 2016 to 2020 are presented below. The results are also
attached in an Excel spreadsheet.

The data is correct as at 21.6.21

 

Key points to note:

All relevant crime outcomes for Domestic Abuse related Offences (whereby a
NC/11 Investigation was present) were gathered from January 2016 to
December 2020.

The crime outcome types have been broken down by the ethnicity and gender
(sex) of the victims or suspects where needed.

Outcome types 1 and 1A were used to filter out records where the
perpetrator had been charged or summoned for a domestic abuse related
offence.

The number of arrests for domestic abuse related offences have been
recorded from January 2016 to December 2020 and have also been presented
in a table.

Dates Period:

1^st January 2016 to 31^st December 2020

 

A total of 127,906 crime outcome decisions were made between 1^st January
2016 and 31^st December 2020 for domestic violence reports received by
Essex Police.

The yearly breakdown of these crime outcome volumes by year and outcome
types is shown in the below table:

Crime Outcomes recorded for domestic abuse related offences - 2016 to 2020
Outcome type 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
No prosecution 9 1 1 1
Non-HO Outcome - First Instance 1
Harassment Warning Issued
Non-HO Outcome - Other Non-Crime 56 21 16 1 5
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal 2,202 1,470 1,743 1,794 1,843
Requisition
Type 10 - Formal Action Against
Offender is not in the Public Interest 52 53 55 20 25
(Police)
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named
Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age 1 3 1
Of Criminal Responsibility
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named
Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill 74 72 58 64 111
(Physical Or Mental Health) To
Prosecute
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named
Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key 11 10 21 28 44
Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give
Evidence
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties
Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified:
Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either 175 278 516 699 558
Declines Or Unable To Support Further
Police Investigation To Identify The
Offender
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified:
Victim Supports Police Action But 3,045 2,904 3,724 4,172 4,953
Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further
Action
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified:
Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further 6,097 8,575 14,064 19,807 17,854
Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has
Withdrawn Support From) Police Action
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit
Expired: Suspect Identified But 225 286 318 404 672
Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No
Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated
As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case 398 354 451 289 300
Closed Pending Further Investigative
Opportunities Becoming Available
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate
offence. Offender has been charged 602 879 763 545 757
under the alternate offence rule.
Type 2 - Caution Youth 41 19 4 8 3
Type 20 - Further action resulting from
the crime report will be undertaken by
another body or agency subject to the 47 79 289 484 276
victim (or person acting on their
behalf) being made aware of the act to
be taken
Type 21 - Further investigation
resulting from crime report which could
provide evidence sufficient to support 24 5 2 2 2
formal action against the suspect is
not in the public interest - police
decision.
Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or
intervention activity, resulting from
the crime report, has been undertaken 1 122 379
and it is not in the public interest to
take any further action.
Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate
offence. Offender is a juvenile and has 3 2 1 1 1
been given a youth caution under the
alternate offences rule.
Type 3 - Caution Adult 567 289 322 280 475
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate
offence. Offender has been given a 62 82 70 26 41
simple caution under the alternate
offences rule.
Type 5 - Offender has died 3 3 3 3 13
Type 6 - Penalty notice for disorder 1 2
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) 62 50 45 45 55
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public 26 15 21 14 34
Interest (CPS)
Type AF – Action Fraud record filed
temporarily awaiting result from master 1 3
AF investigation
Not Stated 6,029 4,445 6,336 1,406 751
Total 19,810 19,893 28,827 30,222 29,154
Overall Total 127,906

 

The yearly breakdown of these crime outcome volumes by the sex of the
victim is given in the below table:

Crime Outcomes for domestic abuse related offences by Victim Sex - 2016 to
2020
Outcome type Female Male Not Specified
No prosecution 11 1
Non-HO Outcome - First Instance Harassment 1
Warning Issued
Non-HO Outcome - Other Non Crime 79 19 1
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition 7770 1266 16
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not 142 62 1
in the Public Interest (Police)
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect
Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal 4 1
Responsibility
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect
Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental 265 113 1
Health) To Prosecute
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect
Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or 76 36 2
Too Ill To Give Evidence
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based-
Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The
Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support 1503 714 9
Further Police Investigation To Identify The
Offender
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim
Supports Police Action But Evidential 14530 4210 58
Difficulties Prevent Further Action
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential
Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim 46710 19366 321
Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support
From) Police Action
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired:
Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit 1475 422 8
Has Expired
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect
Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As 1299 486 7
Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further
Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence.
Offender has been charged under the alternate 3049 484 13
offence rule.
Type 2 - Caution Youth 53 22
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the
crime report will be undertaken by another body
or agency subject to the victim (or person 1000 169 6
acting on their behalf) being made aware of the
act to be taken
Type 21 - Further investigation resulting from
crime report which could provide evidence
sufficient to support formal action against the 25 10
suspect is not in the public interest - police
decision.
Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or
intervention activity, resulting from the crime 423 76 3
report, has been undertaken and it is not in
the public interest to take any further action.
Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate offence.
Offender is a juvenile and has been given a 4 4
youth caution under the alternate offences
rule.
Type 3 - Caution Adult 1369 550 14
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence.
Offender has been given a simple caution under 182 97 2
the alternate offences rule.
Type 5 - Offender has died 23 2
Type 6 - Penalty notice for disorder 3
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) 180 75 2
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public Interest 80 30
(CPS)
Type AF – Action Fraud record filed temporarily 2 2
awaiting result from master AF investigation
Not Stated 14528 4358 81
Total 94786 32575 545
Overall Total 127,906

 

The yearly breakdown of these crime outcome volumes by the ethnicity of
the victim is given in the below table:

Crime Outcomes for domestic abuse related offences by Victim Ethnicity - 2016 to 2020
Any Other Any Other Any Any Other Any Other White White White And
Outcome type African Asian Black Other Mixed White Bangladeshi Caribbean Chinese Indian Not Pakistani And And Black White White Not
Background Background Ethnic Background Background stated Asian Black Caribbean British Irish Stated
Group African
No prosecution 1 11
Non-HO Outcome - First
Instance Harassment 1
Warning Issued
Non-HO Outcome - Other 2 3 1 58 35
Non Crime
Type 1 -
Charged/Summonsed/Postal 91 44 38 22 50 266 16 30 9 33 49 20 13 12 36 7482 37 804
Requisition
Type 10 - Formal Action
Against Offender is not 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 171 1 19
in the Public Interest
(Police)
Type 11 - Prosecution
Prevented-Named Suspect
Identified But Is Below 5
The Age Of Criminal
Responsibility
Type 12 - Prosecution
Prevented-Named Suspect
Identified But Is Too 10 4 1 4 1 12 2 1 5 5 1 251 1 81
Ill (Physical Or Mental
Health) To Prosecute
Type 13 - Prosecution
Prevented-Named Suspect
Identified But Victim Or 1 1 2 83 27
Key Witness Is Dead Or
Too Ill To Give Evidence
Type 14 - Evidential
Difficulties Victim
Based- Suspect Not
Identified: Crime
Confirmed But The Victim 31 18 21 7 22 46 3 9 3 3 23 7 5 5 8 1493 14 508
Either Declines Or
Unable To Support
Further Police
Investigation To
Identify The Offender
Type 15 - Named Suspect
Identified: Victim
Supports Police Action 285 131 145 68 103 559 46 72 19 101 104 61 31 39 80 14586 96 2272
But Evidential
Difficulties Prevent
Further Action
Type 16 - Named Suspect
Identified: Evidential
Difficulties Prevent
Further Action: Victim 843 415 549 225 367 1671 190 287 58 289 455 187 139 143 290 49205 353 10731
Does Not Support (Or Has
Withdrawn Support From)
Police Action
Type 17 - Prosecution
Time Limit Expired:
Suspect Identified But 29 15 23 12 8 61 3 6 2 9 16 11 5 9 7 1347 6 336
Prosecution Time Limit
Has Expired
Type 18 - Investigation
Complete; No Suspect
Identified. Crime
Investigated As Far As
Reasonably Possible-Case 31 10 12 5 8 54 4 6 7 18 8 4 3 8 1328 11 275
Closed Pending Further
Investigative
Opportunities Becoming
Available
Type 1A -
Charged/Summons -
alternate offence. 46 14 23 6 20 125 7 6 2 11 20 7 4 8 17 2866 17 347
Offender has been
charged under the
alternate offence rule.
Type 2 - Caution Youth 2 1 1 1 2 60 1 7
Type 20 - Further action
resulting from the crime
report will be
undertaken by another
body or agency subject 23 9 10 4 9 18 3 7 1 8 17 2 2 6 747 7 302
to the victim (or person
acting on their behalf)
being made aware of the
act to be taken
Type 21 - Further
investigation resulting
from crime report which
could provide evidence
sufficient to support 1 1 2 2 27 2
formal action against
the suspect is not in
the public interest -
police decision.
Type 22 - Diversionary,
educational or
intervention activity,
resulting from the crime
report, has been 5 2 2 1 2 10 5 3 1 5 1 3 392 6 64
undertaken and it is not
in the public interest
to take any further
action.
Type 2A - Caution Youth
- alternate offence.
Offender is a juvenile 7 1
and has been given a
youth caution under the
alternate offences rule.
Type 3 - Caution Adult 21 21 9 6 10 53 4 12 3 8 6 7 5 8 3 1479 7 271
Type 3A - Caution Adult
- alternate offence.
Offender has been given 5 9 1 18 2 2 1 200 1 42
a simple caution under
the alternate offences
rule.
Type 5 - Offender has 1 2 2 18 2
died
Type 6 - Penalty notice 2 1
for disorder
Type 8 - Community 2 1 6 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 2 202 1 31
resolution (Crime)
Type 9 - Prosecution Not
In the Public Interest 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 85 1 11
(CPS)
Type AF – Action Fraud
record filed temporarily 2 2
awaiting result from
master AF investigation
Not Stated 270 131 140 77 96 474 40 73 13 77 100 56 36 40 68 15204 95 1977
Total 1,698 832 981 440 704 3,391 322 513 113 557 820 373 246 268 533 97,312 656 18,147
Overall Total 127,906

 

Of all these crime outcome decisions, a total of 29,818 crime outcomes
comprised of a charge/summons decision. A table showing the anonymous
records of the associated victims and suspects of domestic abuse offences,
including their ethnicity and gender (sex) is shown in the table on
Results page 6 in the attached Excel spreadsheet. (The table is too large
to share in the email here)

 

Of the cases that resulted in a charge or summons outcome, please see a
breakdown of the below crime outcomes by the sex of the suspect:

 

Charge / Summons outcomes for Domestic Abuse Offences by Suspect Gender -
2016 to 2020
Type 1A -
Charged/Summons -
Type 1 - alternate offence.
Suspect Gender Charged/Summonsed/Postal Offender has been Total
Requisition charged under the
alternate offence
rule.
Female 970 369 1339
Male 10278 3284 13562
Not Stated 6 2 8
Total 11,254 3,655 14,909
Overall Total 29,818

 

Of the cases that resulted in a charge or summons outcome, please see a
breakdown of the below crime outcomes by the ethnicity of the suspect:

 

Charge / Summons outcomes for Domestic Abuse Offences by Suspect Ethnicity
- 2016 to 2020
Type 1A -
Charged/Summons -
Type 1 - alternate offence.
Suspect Ethnicity Charged/Summonsed/Postal Offender has been Total
Requisition charged under the
alternate offence
rule.
African 176 79 255
Any Other Asian
Background 73 22 95
Any Other Black
Background 114 54 168
Any Other Ethnic
Group 45 13 58
Any Other Mixed
Background 64 20 84
Any Other White
Background 359 156 515
Bangladeshi 24 8 32
Caribbean 99 31 130
Chinese 10 4 14
Indian 55 14 69
Not stated 137 52 189
Pakistani 35 19 54
White And Asian 16 6 22
White And Black
African 29 12 41
White And Black
Caribbean 96 33 129
White British 9027 2852 11879
White Irish 84 29 113
Not stated 811 251 1062
Total 11,254 3,655 14,909
Overall Total 29,818

 

A total of 137,383 arrests were made for domestic violence related
offences between 1^st January 2016 and 31^st December 2020 by Essex
Police.

The breakdown of these arrests by the sex and ethnicity of the suspects is
given in the table below:

Arrests of suspects for Domestic Abuse related offences - Breakdown by
Gender and Ethnicity - 2016 to 2020
Ethnicity Female Male Not Stated
African 219 2,255
Any Other Asian Background 108 787
Any Other Black Background 144 1,467
Any Other Ethnic Group 83 524
Any Other Mixed Background 118 805
Any Other White Background 689 4,414 3
Bangladeshi 44 428
Caribbean 90 1,100
Chinese 37 122
Indian 55 642
Not stated 261 1,737
Pakistani 35 539
White And Asian 56 282
White And Black African 38 367
White And Black Caribbean 198 1,051
White British 11,003 71,289 9
White Irish 88 828
Not stated 4,054 31,409 5
Total 17,320 120,046 17
Overall Total 137,383

 

In respect of Questions 4,5,6 and 7, enquiries have been made within the
Legal and Crime and Public Protection Team, I can advise that as per the
21^st June 2021, no information is held on DAPOs at all, as these have not
yet been brought into force.

 

Essex Police trusts that the information provided is of assistance.  Thank
you for your interest in Essex Police.

 

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| Essex Police

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Address: Information Management Department, Information Rights Section,
Essex Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA  (for Sat Nav directions,
use CM2 6DN for HQ)

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From: Info Rights Freedom Essex <[Essex Police request email]>
Sent: 07 June 2021 12:27
To: Claire Wilde <[FOI #762884 email]>
Subject: FOI 15780 Domestic Abuse Crime Data – ethnicity – 2016 to 2020

 

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above
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DOMESTIC ABUSE COMPLETED PROSECUTION OUTCOMES BY POLICE FORCE AREA AND BY SEX

Essex Police 2021/22

Women prosecuted - 192
Women convicted - 137 (71.4%)

Men prosecuted - 1,814
Men convicted - 1,362 (75.1%)

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Police response to victims of sexual abuse from ethnic minority backgrounds who may be at risk of honour-based abuse

Super-complaint from the Tees Valley Inclusion Project.

From:

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, Independent Office for Police Conduct, and College of Policing

Published 5 March 2021
Last updated 21 April 2023

'We also found a lack of recording of ethnicity data during our crime file review for this report. We found that 31 percent of sexual offence and rape files didn’t have the victim’s ethnicity information recorded. Additionally, in the crime data integrity audit data, 23 percent of recorded sexual offences, 20 percent of recorded rape offences and 14 percent of recorded N100 reported incidents of rape didn’t include the ethnicity of the victims.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

Operation Soteria Bluestone Year One Report
Updated 14 April 2023

'Around one-third of police recorded rapes in the pathfinder forces and one in ten other sex offences are marked as domestic abuse related. The substantial overlap between domestic abuse and sexual offending is significant and requires consideration in investigative strategies, safeguarding and how officers engage victims of different backgrounds. At present domestic abuse and sexual offences are seen as separate areas of policing in some forces, as well as in some aspects of victim support.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

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HMICFRS:

'Police forces still failing to record and publish data on ethnicity'

Published 25 August 2023

https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov...

'In 61 percent of all records, the ethnicity of the victim was missing. In addition, 26 percent of records had no stated sex and 27 percent had no stated age. This means forces are unable to accurately assess the full impact of crime, or the quality of their service, on people from different demographic groups. This situation presents a real risk to any plans for improving the service provided to women and girls, and to plans aimed at improving diversity, equality and inclusion more generally.' (related to recommendation 4)