FOI 0089-2024/25 - Child assault crimes
Request:
Clarification
Offence Category Description: Assault with injury
Assault with intent to cause serious harm
Assault Without Injury
Racially or religiously aggravated assault with injury
Racially or Religiously Aggravated Assault Without Injury
The date should read April 6, 2023 - April 5, 2024.
Original request
Q1. How many offences of child physical abuse were recorded by the force in the last three years?
(Between April, 6, 2021 - April, 5, 2022/ April 6, 2022 - April 5, 2023/ April 6, 2023 = April 5, 2023)
Q1a) Of these, how many instances where the suspect/perpetrator was the child's parent/guardian?
Response:
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Q1. Please see the table below the total number of assault crimes recorded between 06 April 2021 to 05 April 2024 where a victim is linked aged between 0-17 at the time of the crime, broken down by timeframe requested and crime type.
|
Timeframe |
|
|
|
|
|
Crime Type |
6th April 2021 - 5th April 2022 |
6th April 2022 - 5th April 2023 |
6th April 2023 - 5th April 2024 |
Total |
|
Assault With Injury |
1175 |
1205 |
1076 |
3456 |
|
Assault With Intent To Cause Serious Harm |
26 |
18 |
18 |
62 |
|
Assault Without Injury |
1229 |
1415 |
1414 |
4058 |
|
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Assault With Injury |
11 |
7 |
6 |
24 |
|
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Assault Without Injury |
10 |
26 |
10 |
46 |
|
Total |
2451 |
2671 |
2524 |
7646 |
Q1a. Of the the above crimes, please see the table below showing where the offender relationship with victim is parent, broken down by timeframe requested.
|
Timeframe |
|
|
|
|
|
Relationship |
6th April 2021 - 5th April 2022 |
6th April 2022 - 5th April 2023 |
6th April 2023 - 5th April 2024 |
Total |
|
Parent (incl. step/adopted) |
507 |
555 |
600 |
1662 |
|
Total |
507 |
555 |
600 |
1662 |
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.