Domestic Violence Complaints 2019 to 2022
Keywords
Complaints, Domestic, Violence, Gender, Ethnicity, Outcome, Victims, Died, Murdered.
Publication Number
PUB 1498
FOI Reference Number
17937
Request Title
Domestic Violence Complaints 2019 to 2022
Date Range
01 January 2019 to 31 December 2022
Information Requested
- How many complaints of domestic violence did you record your force area for 1 Jan 2019-31 Dec 2019; 1 Jan 2020-31 Dec 2020; 1 Jan 2021-31 Dec 2021; 1 Jan 2022-31 Dec 2022?
- Please break these into the specified years along with their corresponding gender, ethnicity, and outcome.
- For 1 Jan 2019-31 Dec 2019; 1 Jan 2020-31 Dec 2020; 1 Jan 2021-31 Dec 2021; 1 Jan 2022-31 Dec 2022 how many victims of domestic violence died or were murdered?
- Please break these into the specified years along with their corresponding gender, ethnicity, and outcome.
Disclosure with Exemptions
N/A
Information Correct as at
02 February 2022
Date of Disclosure
08 February 2022
Related Documents/Links
Domestic Violence Complainants by Gender 2019-2021
Domestic Abuse/Violence Offences by Gender 2018 to 2020
Domestic Violence Reports By Gender & Outcome - April 2020 to March 2021
Domestic Abuse Reports 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2021
Domestic Abuse Incidents June 2019 to June 2021
Domestic Abuse Statistics 2017-2021
Domestic Abuse Statistics - Male Victim - 2016 to 2021
FOI 17937 Response
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.
Second Duty – see below
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Exemption – Not Applicable
Caveats:
All relevant crime outcomes for Domestic Abuse related Offences were gathered from 2019-2022.
The results were collated using a query on all crimes with Domestic Abuse – Essex flag as True, for the requested Created Dates.
A similar search was completed with the Person Link Reason ‘Victim’ as a filter in the query, which was used to bring back Gender in the Results and the same for Ethnicity and Outcomes.
For homicides, the results were collated using a query on all crimes with Domestic Abuse – Essex flag as True and an additional filter on Offence Sub Group of Homicide for the requested Disposal Dates.
There are some crimes where there is no Victim linked so the number of crimes with victims is sometimes less than the total number of crimes.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
Essex Police systems can extract the offence that was initially recorded and the disposal that was given at the outcome of the investigation. However, the offence initially recorded, and the offence for which the disposal was given may at times vary. As a consequence, statistical information on this subject, without an accompanying context, can be misleading in this regard.
All reports of crime and non-crime matters reported via the Crime Bureau are subject to THRIVE to assess them for Threat, Harm, Risk posed, Investigative, Vulnerability and Engagement and the investigative opportunities available to us. This process informs the priority in which we deal with the incoming report. Once an investigation is recorded on Athena the Crime Bureau Investigator completes a desk based investigation to determine (using the Crime Allocation Assessment process (CARA)) the outcome of this assessment and if the crime is to be allocated to an officer for further investigation or whether the victim is updated at this stage that the investigation is going to be filed. It should be noted that not all offence types reported direct to the Crime Bureau are subject to the Crime Allocation Assessment process (e.g. Dwelling Burglary, Rapes and Serious Sexual offences, Frauds, Child & Adult Protection investigations, Other force transfers of crime, Section 136 Mental Health reports, Non-crime investigations – These investigations will always be allocated out to an officer/specialist team). Any report that is created direct by an officer onto Athena or submitted via their mobile device are also excluded from CARA.
The information provided is correct as 02/02/2023.
Dates Period:
01st January 2019 to 31st December 2022.
The below table shows all offences recorded from domestic abuse incidents
|
Grand Total |
118,751 |
|
Created Year and Offence sub group |
Number of Crimes with Domestic Abuse - Essex flag |
|
2019 |
29,739 |
|
AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING |
16 |
|
ARSON |
20 |
|
BICYCLE THEFT |
7 |
|
BURGLARY - BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY |
1 |
|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
170 |
|
CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
2,177 |
|
HOMICIDE |
3 |
|
INTERFERING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE |
1 |
|
MISC CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY |
618 |
|
OTHER OFFENCES PUBLIC ORDER |
658 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
236 |
|
OTHER THEFT |
907 |
|
POSSESSION OF WEAPONS |
15 |
|
PUBLIC FEAR, ALARM OR DISTRESS |
695 |
|
RACE OR RELIGIOUS AGG PUBLIC FEAR |
4 |
|
RAPE |
715 |
|
ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY |
26 |
|
STALKING AND HARASSMENT |
8,599 |
|
THEFT FROM A VEHICLE |
19 |
|
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
29 |
|
THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH |
122 |
|
VIOLENCE WITH INJURY |
5,462 |
|
VIOLENCE WITHOUT INJURY |
9,239 |
|
2020 |
29,376 |
|
AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING |
16 |
|
ARSON |
19 |
|
BICYCLE THEFT |
4 |
|
BURGLARY - BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY |
3 |
|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
146 |
|
CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
1,944 |
|
HOMICIDE |
3 |
|
INTERFERING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE |
2 |
|
MISC CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY |
557 |
|
OTHER OFFENCES PUBLIC ORDER |
770 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
300 |
|
OTHER THEFT |
785 |
|
POSSESSION OF WEAPONS |
13 |
|
PUBLIC FEAR, ALARM OR DISTRESS |
530 |
|
RACE OR RELIGIOUS AGG PUBLIC FEAR |
9 |
|
RAPE |
790 |
|
ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY |
32 |
|
STALKING AND HARASSMENT |
8,237 |
|
THEFT FROM A VEHICLE |
18 |
|
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
39 |
|
THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH |
115 |
|
VIOLENCE WITH INJURY |
5,634 |
|
VIOLENCE WITHOUT INJURY |
9,410 |
|
2021 |
30,385 |
|
AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING |
28 |
|
ARSON |
27 |
|
BURGLARY - BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY |
5 |
|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
186 |
|
CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
1,800 |
|
HOMICIDE |
7 |
|
INTERFERING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE |
2 |
|
MISC CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY |
478 |
|
OTHER OFFENCES PUBLIC ORDER |
759 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
395 |
|
OTHER THEFT |
778 |
|
POSSESSION OF DRUGS |
1 |
|
POSSESSION OF WEAPONS |
17 |
|
PUBLIC FEAR, ALARM OR DISTRESS |
529 |
|
RACE OR RELIGIOUS AGG PUBLIC FEAR |
15 |
|
RAPE |
1,173 |
|
ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY |
44 |
|
SHOPLIFTING |
1 |
|
STALKING AND HARASSMENT |
9,124 |
|
THEFT FROM A VEHICLE |
8 |
|
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
40 |
|
THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH |
118 |
|
VIOLENCE WITH INJURY |
5,602 |
|
VIOLENCE WITHOUT INJURY |
9,248 |
|
2022 |
29,251 |
|
AGGRAVATED VEHICLE TAKING |
23 |
|
ARSON |
34 |
|
BICYCLE THEFT |
2 |
|
BURGLARY - RESIDENTIAL |
226 |
|
CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
1,650 |
|
HOMICIDE |
3 |
|
INTERFERING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE |
6 |
|
MISC CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY |
487 |
|
OTHER OFFENCES PUBLIC ORDER |
760 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
430 |
|
OTHER THEFT |
780 |
|
POSSESSION OF WEAPONS |
29 |
|
PUBLIC FEAR, ALARM OR DISTRESS |
516 |
|
RACE OR RELIGIOUS AGG PUBLIC FEAR |
13 |
|
RAPE |
1,126 |
|
ROBBERY OF BUSINESS PROPERTY |
3 |
|
ROBBERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY |
50 |
|
STALKING AND HARASSMENT |
8,140 |
|
THEFT FROM A VEHICLE |
13 |
|
THEFT FROM THE PERSON |
23 |
|
THEFT OR UNAUTH TAKING OF A MOTOR VEH |
128 |
|
VIOLENCE WITH INJURY |
5,755 |
|
VIOLENCE WITHOUT INJURY |
9,054 |
The below table shows domestic abuse by gender per calendar year
|
Grand Total |
114,910 |
|
Created Year and Victim gender |
Number of Crimes with Domestic Abuse - Essex flag |
|
2019 |
28,775 |
|
Female |
20,897 |
|
Male |
7,777 |
|
Unknown |
3 |
|
Unspecified |
2 |
|
No gender data |
96 |
|
2020 |
28,449 |
|
Female |
20,493 |
|
Male |
7,757 |
|
Unknown |
4 |
|
Unspecified |
2 |
|
No gender data |
193 |
|
2021 |
29,423 |
|
Female |
21,184 |
|
Male |
7,993 |
|
Unknown |
9 |
|
Unspecified |
10 |
|
No gender data |
227 |
|
2022 |
28,263 |
|
Female |
20,345 |
|
Male |
7,609 |
|
Unknown |
9 |
|
Unspecified |
7 |
|
No gender data |
293 |
The below table shows the ethnicity of victim of domestic abuse per calendar year
|
Grand Total |
28,775 |
28,449 |
29,423 |
28,263 |
|
Created Year and Ethnicity |
Number of Crimes with Domestic Abuse - Essex flag |
|||
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
|
African |
305 |
298 |
366 |
362 |
|
Any Other Asian Background |
154 |
203 |
223 |
291 |
|
Any Other Black Background |
231 |
205 |
297 |
326 |
|
Any Other Ethnic Group |
82 |
127 |
100 |
97 |
|
Any Other Mixed Background |
172 |
173 |
200 |
218 |
|
Any Other White Background |
675 |
682 |
909 |
875 |
|
Arab |
0 |
0 |
5 |
28 |
|
Bangladeshi |
78 |
75 |
102 |
115 |
|
Caribbean |
115 |
121 |
132 |
97 |
|
Chinese |
16 |
31 |
53 |
16 |
|
Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
0 |
0 |
9 |
15 |
|
Indian |
139 |
126 |
147 |
160 |
|
Not stated |
237 |
278 |
2209 |
4375 |
|
Pakistani |
86 |
80 |
122 |
98 |
|
White And Asian |
51 |
58 |
53 |
45 |
|
White And Black African |
60 |
63 |
39 |
51 |
|
White And Black Caribbean |
141 |
133 |
156 |
97 |
|
White British |
20680 |
20,586 |
21,357 |
20,253 |
|
White Irish |
137 |
155 |
146 |
124 |
|
No ethnicity data |
5416 |
5055 |
2798 |
620 |
The below table shows the disposal outcomes per calendar year
|
Grand Total |
118,751 |
|
Created Year and Outcomes |
Count of Crime Reference Number |
|
2019 |
29,739 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
2,244 |
|
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
592 |
|
Type 2 - Caution Youth |
6 |
|
Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate offence. Offender is a juvenile and has been given a youth caution under the alternate offences rule. |
1 |
|
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
277 |
|
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule. |
24 |
|
Type 5 - Offender has died |
6 |
|
Type 6 - Penalty notice for disorder |
2 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
48 |
|
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public Interest (CPS) |
20 |
|
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police) |
24 |
|
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility |
2 |
|
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute |
66 |
|
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
28 |
|
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 |
721 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
4,479 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
19,952 |
|
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired |
404 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
269 |
|
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 |
402 |
|
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. |
3 |
|
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. |
135 |
|
Active Investigation |
34 |
|
2020 |
29,376 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
2,242 |
|
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
790 |
|
Type 2 - Caution Youth |
3 |
|
Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate offence. Offender is a juvenile and has been given a youth caution under the alternate offences rule. |
1 |
|
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
501 |
|
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule. |
44 |
|
Type 5 - Offender has died |
14 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
49 |
|
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public Interest (CPS) |
42 |
|
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police) |
28 |
|
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility |
1 |
|
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute |
115 |
|
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
42 |
|
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 |
577 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
5,356 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
17,903 |
|
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired |
720 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
286 |
|
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 |
234 |
|
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. |
2 |
|
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. |
379 |
|
Active Investigation |
47 |
|
2021 |
30,385 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1,910 |
|
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
586 |
|
Type 2 - Caution Youth |
2 |
|
Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate offence. Offender is a juvenile and has been given a youth caution under the alternate offences rule. |
1 |
|
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
538 |
|
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule. |
55 |
|
Type 5 - Offender has died |
13 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
36 |
|
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public Interest (CPS) |
29 |
|
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police) |
23 |
|
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute |
100 |
|
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
40 |
|
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 |
629 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
6,556 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
17,771 |
|
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired |
841 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
414 |
|
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 |
304 |
|
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. |
6 |
|
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. |
398 |
|
Active Investigation |
133 |
|
2022 |
29,251 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1,747 |
|
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
453 |
|
Type 2 - Caution Youth |
2 |
|
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
612 |
|
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule. |
36 |
|
Type 5 - Offender has died |
2 |
|
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
33 |
|
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public Interest (CPS) |
9 |
|
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police) |
15 |
|
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility |
1 |
|
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute |
147 |
|
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
31 |
|
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 |
630 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
6,936 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
15,707 |
|
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired |
557 |
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
513 |
|
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 |
347 |
|
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. |
4 |
|
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. |
228 |
|
Active Investigation |
1,241 |
The below table shows homicides from Domestic Abuse per calendar year
|
Grand Total |
17 |
|
Created Year |
Number of Homicide Crimes with Domestic Abuse - Essex flag |
|
2019 |
3 |
|
2020 |
3 |
|
2021 |
7 |
|
2022 |
4 |
The below table shows the gender and ethnicity of homicide victims of domestic abuse per calendar year
|
Grand Total |
16 |
|
Created Year, Gender and Ethnicity |
Number of Homicide Crimes with Domestic Abuse - Essex flag |
|
2019 |
3 |
|
Female |
2 |
|
African |
1 |
|
White British |
1 |
|
No Gender data |
1 |
|
No Ethnicity data |
1 |
|
2020 |
3 |
|
Female |
2 |
|
No Ethnicity data |
2 |
|
Male |
1 |
|
White British |
1 |
|
2021 |
7 |
|
Female |
5 |
|
White British |
3 |
|
No Ethnicity data |
2 |
|
Male |
1 |
|
White British |
1 |
|
No Gender data |
1 |
|
White British |
1 |
|
2022 |
3 |
|
Female |
3 |
|
White British |
1 |
|
White Canadian |
1 |
|
White Southern European |
1 |
|
Male |
1 |
|
White British |
1 |
The below table shows the disposal outcome for homicide from domestic abuse per calendar year
|
Grand Total |
15 |
|
Disposal Year and Outcome |
Number of Homicide Crimes with Domestic Abuse - Essex flag |
|
2019 |
3 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
3 |
|
2020 |
1 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1 |
|
2021 |
7 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
4 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
|
Type 5 - Offender has died |
2 |
|
2022 |
4 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
3 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
The below link may also be of use:
Published items - Domestic Abuse | Essex Police