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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) male and (b) female victims of domestic violence in Northern Ireland have been recorded in each year since 1997. [220633] Mr. Pearson: The figures requested are set out in the following table. The Police Service of Northern Ireland currently record statistics in respect of the number of domestic violence incidents attended and the number of incidents where offences have been disclosed. The Police Service introduced Domestic Violence Officers in September 1997 and it is after this point that consistent and reliable data became available. The recording systems were developed between 1997 and 2000 and it is after this time that further reliable information became available in respect of victim gender. Previously the Police Service recorded all domestic violence incidents manually with only crimes being electronically recorded. This has recently changed and all incidents, crimes and non-crimes are now recorded on the Integrated Crime Information System. Table of domestic violence incidents/offence 1997-2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Domestic violence Victims Incidents Offences Females Males 1997-98 10,367 n/a n/a n/a 1998-99 14,889 6,761 n/a n/a 1999-2000 15,269 7,558 n/a n/a 2000-01 14,325 7,254 6,300 908 2001-02 14,937 7,814 6,659 1,041 2002-03 15,512 7,961 7,627 1,414 2003-04 16,926 8,565 7,103 1,273 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = not available

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c2005W;431 c1997W; 220633

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Women Domestic abuse Northern Ireland Men Victims Detection rates

Link

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