Teenage (13-19) Homicide Victims and Perpetrators 2020 and 2021
Keywords
Teenage, Homicide, Victims, Perpetrators, Offence, Murder, Manslaughter, Killing, Recorded, Investigated, Suspect.
Publication Number
PUB 1482
FOI Reference Number
16601
Request Title
Teenage (13-19) Homicide Victims and Perpetrators 2020 and 2021
Date Range
2020 to 2021
Information Requested
In one Excel spreadsheet could I please have a breakdown of the ages of teenage homicide victims (13-19) in each of the calendar years 2020 and 2021?
Can I please have a breakdown of teenage perpetrators (13-19) at the time the homicide offence (murder or manslaughter) was committed in each of the calendar years 2020 and 2021?
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
09 March 2022
Date of Disclosure
26 October 2022
Related Documents/Links
Teenage Homicides - 2020 to 2021
FOI 16601 Response
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold some information relating to your request.
Second Duty – See below.
Information
Caveats:
Essex Police record information where investigations have either been recorded as homicide, (the unlawful killing of one person by another) or for the older offences were investigated as homicide, and not necessarily murder (which indicates pre-meditation).
The data is correct as 09/03/2022
The below table represents number of teenage victim homicides committed between 2020-2021
|
Number of Teenage Homicide Victims |
|||
|
Age of Victim |
2020 |
2021 |
Grand Total |
|
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
19 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
3 |
4 |
The below table represents the number of homicides with teenage suspect for 2020-2021
|
Number of Teenage Homicide Suspects |
|||
|
Age of Suspect |
2020 |
2021 |
Grand Total |
|
13 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
14 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
15 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
16 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
17 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
|
18 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
19 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
|
Grand Total |
15 |
29 |
44 |
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