FOI 0980-2025/26- Controlling/coercive behaviour crimes
Request:
Q1. How many offences have there been of 008/67 (Home Office Code) reported between January 1st, 2020, to December 30th, 2025?
Q2. Please can you provide the outcome for each of these reported offences?
Q3. Please can you also provide the gender of the victim and the accused, i.e. male or female?
Q4. Please can the data be provided in an excel spreadsheet, broken down year by year, under the specific offence code, i.e. 2020, 008/67 (engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship)?
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Q1 & Q4. Please see the table below showing the number of 08/67 crimes recorded between 01 January 2020 and 30 December 2025, broken down by calendar year.
|
Calendar Year |
Count |
|
2020 |
552 |
|
2021 |
626 |
|
2022 |
717 |
|
2023 |
770 |
|
2024 |
624 |
|
2025 |
724 |
|
Total |
4013 |
Q2. Please see the below table showing the crime outcomes of the above, broken down by calendar year.
|
Recorded Date (Year) |
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|
Outcome |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
01-Charged/Summonsed |
21 |
24 |
21 |
37 |
41 |
44 |
188 |
|
03-Caution – adults |
3 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
05-Offender Died |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
09-Not in public interest (CPS) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
10-Not in public interest (Police) |
15 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
|
12-Prosecution prevented – suspect ill |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
15 |
|
13-Prosecution prevented – victim/key witness dead/ill |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
14-Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
15-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action |
142 |
189 |
209 |
199 |
153 |
100 |
992 |
|
16-Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action |
359 |
389 |
467 |
515 |
400 |
367 |
2497 |
|
17-Prosecution time limit expired |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
20-Action by other agency |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
21-No Investigation - Not in public interest (Police) |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
18 |
|
22-Diversionary or referral pathway; no public interest |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
|
Not yet assigned |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
209 |
229 |
|
Total |
552 |
626 |
717 |
770 |
624 |
724 |
4013 |
Q3. Please see the table below showing the victims and offenders linked to the above crimes, broken down by gender and calendar year.
|
Recorded Date (Year) |
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|
Victim Gender |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Female |
503 |
579 |
638 |
701 |
546 |
653 |
3620 |
|
Male |
47 |
51 |
79 |
71 |
77 |
73 |
398 |
|
Not recorded |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
|
Total |
551 |
631 |
720 |
773 |
624 |
731 |
4030 |
|
Recorded Date (Year) |
|||||||
|
Offender Gender |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Female |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
|
Male |
29 |
30 |
26 |
50 |
71 |
72 |
278 |
|
Total |
30 |
30 |
27 |
54 |
74 |
76 |
291 |
*Please note that there can be multiple victims/offenders linked to a crime.
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