FOI 342095
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 342095
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th June 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
In the 2023 calendar year how many cases of domestic violence did you investigate where the victim was an adult (aged 18 or above) and the alleged attacker was a juvenile (aged 17 or below)? Please provide an age breakdown of these juveniles who were investigated and a breakdown by gender.
How many juveniles were (i) cautioned and (ii) charged with domestic abuse in the last calendar year 2023? Please provide a table showing the numbers charged for each type of specific offence.
Reply
In the 2023 calendar year how many cases of domestic violence did you investigate where the victim was an adult (aged 18 or above) and the alleged attacker was a juvenile (aged 17 or below)?
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Number of Domestic Violence offences where the victim is an adult (18 or above) and the suspect is a juvenile (17 or below) |
Calendar Year |
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2023 |
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Grand Total |
518 |
Caveats:
The results in the table above relate to domestic crimes only. There are occasions were police attend a domestic incident and the circumstances do not match that of a criminal offence. In such circumstances a domestic incident is recorded.
There can be more than one victim or suspect linked to one crime who may be of differing ages. Included in these results are crimes if at least one of the suspects was aged 17 or under and one the victims was aged 18 or over.
Please provide an age breakdown of these juveniles who were investigated and a breakdown by gender.
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Juvenile (17 or below) breakdown by gender and age |
Calendar Year |
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2023 |
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Female |
131 |
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8 years old |
1 |
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10 year old |
1 |
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11 years old |
4 |
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12 years old |
2 |
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13 years old |
11 |
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14 years old |
5 |
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15 years old |
14 |
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16 years old |
47 |
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17 years old |
46 |
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Male |
241 |
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8 years old |
1 |
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10 years old |
1 |
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11 years old |
2 |
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12 years old |
3 |
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13 years old |
7 |
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14 years old |
25 |
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15 years old |
30 |
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16 years old |
81 |
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17 years old |
91 |
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Unspecified |
2 |
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16 years old |
2 |
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Grand Total |
374 |
Caveats:
The results in the table above relate to the person’s age at the time the offending started. If the offences occurred over a long period of time the age of the parties will have change during the course of event, this field used to search calculates the parties age at the start of the alleged offence.
The data has been sorted by unique persons reference and age at the time of the incident. The results include each suspect once regardless of how many crimes they have been linked to, as a person can be a suspect on more than one crime during the year. Therefore, the numbers of suspects do not match the number of offences.
How many juveniles were (i) cautioned and (ii) charged with domestic abuse in the last calendar year 2023? Please provide a table showing the numbers charged for each type of specific offence.
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Domestic violence Police outcome by Primary Offence Group where the victim is an adult (18 or above) and the suspect is a juvenile (17 or below) |
Calendar Year |
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2023 |
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ARSON AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
1 |
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Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1 |
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VEHICLE OFFENCES |
4 |
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Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
3 |
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Type 2 - Caution Youth |
1 |
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VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON |
3 |
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Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
3 |
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Grand Total |
8 |
Caveat:
Please note, each crime can only have one outcome assigned. If there are multiple suspects linked the highest outcome is linked to the investigation. Where a crime has multiple suspects, of differing ages, where the adult was charged (Outcome 1) and the child was cautioned the outcome of the investigation will show as Type 1. Therefore, the shown outcome is not necessarily the outcome taken against the juvenile suspect.