FOI 458018

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 458018

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 6^th February 2026. Please find below the response to your request:

In the 12 months to March 2024, can you please provide me with the number of:

- Complaints or reports of unwanted prisoner contact related to domestic abuse received and/or logged onto your CAD system.

In the 12 months to March 2025, can you please provide me with the number of:

- Complaints or reports of unwanted prisoner contact related to domestic abuse received and/or logged onto your CAD system.

Reply

West Mercia Police have conducted searches in relation to your request and hold the following information for the number of domestic-abused flagged offences relating to unwanted prisoner contact recorded in West Mercia from 1/3/2023 to 28/2/2025:

Caveat:

Please also note that there is a government website “Unwanted Prisoner Contact Service” (formerly ‘Victims Helpline’) where victims can report concerns, so victims may not necessarily report unwanted prisoner contact to their local police force.