Domestic Abuse: Older People
(asked on 1st February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the proportion of (a) victims and (b) perpetrators of domestic abuse of people over the age of 65 by police authority.
This question was answered on 8th February 2023
The Home Office holds information on the number of domestic abuse-related offences by age of victim recorded by 26 police forces in England and Wales. Data on the proportion of these offences that involved a victim aged 65 or over for the financial year 2021/22 for these forces are given in the table.
The Home Office does not hold routinely collect data on the age of the perpetrator for these offences.