Domestic abuse statistics (FOI)Domestic abuse statistics (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
31 December 2019.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Please provide domestic dispute statistics for the years 2000 to 1019
Response
The definition of Domestic abuse can be found using the following link:
SOJP: What is domestic abuse
Figures depicting the number of incidents dealt with by the States of Jersey police are published in the police Annual reports and the Performance statistics. These are available via the below link:
SOJP: Force publications
The below table is a concise view of the figures. Figures prior to 2008 are stored on a legacy system and cannot be easily extracted however; they are available via the above link.
Year | Domestic incidents | Recorded, counted domestic crime |
| 2008 | 833 | 275 |
| 2009 | 1,124 | 313 |
| 2010 | 1,063 | 341 |
| 2011 | 1,061 | 369 |
| 2012 | 1,095 | 375 |
| 2013 | 1,119 | 430 |
| 2014 | 1,170 | 489 |
| 2015 | 1,017 | 424 |
| 2016 | 955 | 369 |
| 2017 | 996 | 329 |
| 2018 | 1,126 | 466 |
| 2019 | 1,324 | 516 |
| Total | 12,883 | 4,696 |
Exemptions applied
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