Non-Fatal Strangulation Data 2022-2024

Year

Count

2022

966

2023

1944

2024

1975

Total

4885

Full Offence Title

INCLUDED

PRIMARY

Total

Administering a substance with intent

1

0

1

Aggravated Burglary - Residential Home (Dwelling)

2

1

3

Aggravated vehicle taking

3

0

3

Arson endangering life

2

3

5

Arson not endangering life

2

1

3

Assault of a female child under 13 by penetration

1

0

1

Assault of a male child under 13 by penetration

0

1

1

Assault on a female by penetration

32

24

56

Assault on a male by penetration

0

2

2

Assault or assault by beating of a constable

1

0

1

Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker (except a constable)

1

0

1

Assault Other Emergency Worker - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) (S.47)

2

1

3

Assault Police - Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

2

2

4

Assault Police - Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Serious wound or equivalent)

0

1

1

Assault with Injury - Administering poison with intent to injure or annoy

13

2

15

Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

1903

317

2220

Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Minor wound or equivalent)

6

7

13

Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Serious wound or equivalent)

13

22

35

Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Torture

1

0

1

Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm

31

104

135

Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery

1459

42

1501

Assault without injury on a constable (Police Act offence)

1

0

1

Attempted - Arson endangering life

2

1

3

Attempted - Assault on a female by penetration

3

0

3

Attempted - Assault with Injury - Administering poison with intent to injure or annoy

0

1

1

Attempted - Assault with Injury - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

2

0

2

Attempted - Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Minor wound or equivalent)

0

2

2

Attempted - Assault with Injury - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm (Serious wound or equivalent)

2

0

2

Attempted - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm

13

56

69

Attempted - Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent: Female person

1

0

1

Attempted - Harassment - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress

1

0

1

Attempted - Harming or threatening to harm a witness

1

0

1

Attempted - Kidnapping - False imprisonment

2

0

2

Attempted - Kidnapping - Kidnapping

0

1

1

Attempted - Other criminal damage to a residence (Under £5,000)

12

0

12

Attempted - Other criminal damage, other (Under £5,000)

11

0

11

Attempted - Robbery (of Personal Property)

0

1

1

Attempted - Sexual assault on a female

0

1

1

Attempted - Theft from the person of another

2

0

2

Attempted - Theft if not classified elsewhere

2

0

2

Attempted - Threats to kill

0

1

1

Attempted murder

0

6

6

Attempted rape of a female aged 16 or over

8

20

28

Attempted Residential Burglary of a Home (Dwelling)

3

0

3

Blackmail

2

3

5

Breach of domestic abuse reduction order (Domestic Abuse Act 2021)

1

0

1

Breach of non-molestation order

5

0

5

Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent: Female person

1

1

2

Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent: Female person  no penetration

1

0

1

Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent: Male person

0

2

2

Causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress

28

0

28

Causing or inciting a female child under 16 to engage in sexual activity No Penetration - Offender 18 or over

0

1

1

Causing or inciting prostitution for gain

1

0

1

Causing, permitting or failing to prevent unnecessary suffering of protected animal

3

0

3

Cruelty to Children/Young Persons - Cruelty to and neglect of children

11

8

19

Encourage or assist serious self-harm by another

2

0

2

Endangering Life - Attempting to choke etc in order to commit indictable offence

1

0

1

Endangering Life - Causing explosions, sending explosive substance or throwing corrosive fluids with intent to do grievous bodily harm

1

0

1

Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship.

233

287

520

EXPIRED – NOT FOR USE AFTER 30/01/24 - Disclose or threats to disclose private sexual photographs/film with intent to cause distress.

39

2

41

EXPIRED - NOT FOR USE AFTER 31/03/23 - Aggravated Burglary - Residential - Dwelling

0

1

1

EXPIRED - NOT FOR USE AFTER 31/03/23 - Burglary - Residential - Dwelling

8

3

11

Exposure

1

0

1

Fear or provocation of violence

12

1

13

Harassment

13

9

22

Harassment - Breach of conditions of injunction against harassment

1

0

1

Harassment - Putting people in fear of violence

8

18

26

Harassment - Stalking involving fear of violence

27

75

102

Harassment - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress

10

15

25

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class B - Cannabis

1

0

1

Intentional Destruction of a Viable Unborn Child

1

0

1

Intercourse with an animal by a male

1

0

1

Intimidating or intending to intimidate a witness

1

0

1

Kidnapping - False imprisonment

47

71

118

Kidnapping - Kidnapping

6

6

12

Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation

1847

3035

4882

Offence of breach of pre-charge bail conditions relating to travel

1

0

1

Other criminal damage to a building - business and community (Under £5,000)

1

0

1

Other criminal damage to a residence (£5,000 and over)

3

0

3

Other criminal damage to a residence (Under £5,000)

186

0

186

Other criminal damage to a vehicle (Under £5,000)

88

0

88

Other criminal damage, other (£5,000 and over)

8

0

8

Other criminal damage, other (Under £5,000)

862

0

862

Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England or Wales (whether or not a public place) injuring any person or assistance dog

2

0

2

Racially or religiously aggravated assault or assault occasioning actual bodily harm

1

1

2

Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating

4

0

4

Racially or religiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence

2

0

2

Racially or religiously aggravated Harassment or stalking with fear of violence

0

1

1

Racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress

1

0

1

Racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress

1

0

1

Racially or religiously aggravated wounding or grievous bodily harm

0

1

1

Rape of a female aged 16 or over

4

361

365

Rape of a female aged under 16

1

17

18

Rape of a female child under 13 by a male

0

2

2

Rape of a male aged 16 or over

0

4

4

Rape of a male child under 13 by a male

0

1

1

Residential Burglary of a Home (Dwelling)

27

4

31

Residential Burglary of Unconnected Building (Non-Dwelling)

1

0

1

Robbery (of a Business Property)

0

1

1

Robbery (of Personal Property)

1

17

18

Send communication threatening death or serious harm

23

1

24

Send false communication with intent to cause harm

1

0

1

Send indecent or grossly offensive communication to cause distress or anxiety Sec 1A Malicious Communications Act 1988

181

2

183

Send photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm distress or humiliation

1

0

1

Sexual activity with a child family member - Male - Victim Under 13 - 18 or over - no penetration

0

1

1

Sexual activity with a female child under 16 by Penetration - Offender Under 18

0

2

2

Sexual activity with a female child under 16 No penetration - Offender 18 or over

1

0

1

Sexual assault of a female child under 13

1

4

5

Sexual assault on a female

67

45

112

Sexual assault on a male

3

7

10

Sexual assault on a male child under 13

1

1

2

Share photograph or film of person in intimate state without consent

3

0

3

Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification

22

1

23

Stalking - Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 (1) which amounts to stalking

96

53

149

Theft from a motor vehicle

2

0

2

Theft from automatic machine or meter

1

0

1

Theft from the person of another

41

0

41

Theft if not classified elsewhere

168

0

168

Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine or meter

55

0

55

Theft of a motor vehicle

13

0

13

Threaten a person with an article in a private place

40

3

43

Threaten a person with an offensive weapon / corrosive substance in a private place

11

0

11

Threaten with a blade or sharply pointed article in a public place

4

0

4

Threaten with an offensive weapon in a public place

2

0

2

Threats to destroy or damage property

130

12

142

Threats to kill

420

174

594

Unauthorised act in relation to a computer causing /creating risk of serious damage

1

0

1

Unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle (does not include 'driving or being carried knowing motor vehicle has been taken ')

18

0

18

Unauthorised taking of conveyance other than a motor vehicle or pedal cycle (does not include being found with a conveyance that has already been stolen)

2

0

2

Voyeurism

11

1

12

Total

8367

4875

13242

Gender - Victims

Count

Female

3912

Male

914

Unknown

1

Unspecified

2

Not Noted

56

Total

4885

Gender - Suspects

Count

Female

507

Male

4047

Unknown

3

(blank)

19

Total

4576

Age Group - Victims

Count

<15

309

15-24

1123

25-34

1473

35-44

1139

45-54

526

55-64

191

65+

124

Grand Total

4885

Age Group - Suspects

Count

<15

108

15-24

767

25-34

1340

35-44

1289

45-54

675

55-65

291

>65

106

Grand Total

4576

Outcome Type

Count

Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition

586

Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule.

164

Type 3 - Caution Adult

38

Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule.

13

Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime)

31

Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police)

1

Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility

7

Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute, or confirmed died either before crime reported or before enough evidence to charge

27

Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence

5

Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender

93

Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action

792

Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action

2395

Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired

31

Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available

79

Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken

149

Type 21 - Further investigation resulting from crime report which could provide evidence sufficient to support formal action against the suspect is not in the public interest - police decision.

1

Type 22 - 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.

45

Not Noted

109

Total

4566

Year

Count

2023

760

2024

1126

Grand Total

1886