FOI - Domestic Violence
Request:
Total number of domestic violence cases reported during the covid 19 pandemic lockdown- March 2020 to March 2021.
Total number of domestic violence cases reported prior to covid 19 lockdown- March 2019 to March 2020.
Total number of domestic violence cases reported between March 2018 to March 2019.
Total number of domestic violence cases reported between March 2017 to March 2018.
Total number of domestic violence arrests during the covid 19 pandemic lockdown- March 2020 to March 2021.
Total number of domestic violence arrests prior to covid 19 lockdown- March 2019 to March 2020.
Total number of domestic violence arrests between March 2018 to March 2019.
Total number of domestic violence arrests between March 2017 to March 2018.
Total number of domestic violence cases during the covid 19 pandemic lockdown- March 2020 to March 2021 that led to a conviction.
Total number of domestic violence cases prior to covid 19 lockdown- March 2019 to March 2020 that led to a conviction.
Total number of domestic violence cases between March 2018 to March 2019 that led to a conviction.
Total number of domestic violence cases between March 2017 to March 2018 that led to a conviction.
Total number of offences flagged as domestic abuse which can be put into these categories: sexual offences, violence against the person act, criminal damage between March 2020 to March 2021.
Total number of offences flagged as domestic abuse which can be put into these categories: sexual offences, violence against the person act, criminal damage between March 2019 to March 2020.
Total number of offences flagged as domestic abuse which can be put into these categories: sexual offences, violence against the person act, criminal damage between March 2018 to March 2019.
Total number of offences flagged as domestic abuse which can be put into these categories: sexual offences, violence against the person act, criminal damage between March 2017 to March 2018.
Total number of domestic violence related homicides during the covid 19 pandemic lockdown- March 2020 to March 2021.
Total number of domestic violence related homicides prior to covid 19 lockdown- March 2019 to March 2020.
Total number of domestic violence related homicides between March 2018 to March 2019.
Total number of domestic violence related homicides between March 2017 to March 2018.
Total number of domestic violence cases that were discontinued during the covid 19 pandemic lockdown- March 2020 to March 2021.
Total number of domestic violence cases that were discontinued prior to the covid 19 lockdown- March 2019 to March 2020.
Total number of domestic violence cases that were discontinued between March 2018 to March 2019.
Total number of domestic violence cases that were discontinued between March 2017 to March 2018.
Total number of non-molestation orders in the years 2017,2018,2019,2020 and 2021.
Total number of occupation orders in the years 2017,2018,2019,2020 and 2021.
Response:
Extent of Searches to Locate Information
Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police to locate relevant information.
Decision
I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.
Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.
Due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. There are no specific domestic violence arrest codes to search for on our crime recording systems. In order to retrieve the requested information in regards to arrests, it would be necessary to read all crimes to see if they resulted in an arrest, which would exceed the time limit allowed under the Act.
Pursuant to Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.
Pursuant to Section 16 of the Act I am required to offer you advice and assistance with regarding to refining your request to within the ‘appropriate limit’ (time/cost limit). As a refinement suggestion if the information regarding arrests are removed. Furthermore you could clarify what is ment by “cases” we could supply incidents and crimes with a domestic marker on them and statistics could be provided for these. Lastly, please also clarify what you mean by ‘occupation orders’. If you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.