Domestic Abuse

A Brief Overview of Prevalence, Service Priorities and Provision in Medway

DCI Andy Pritchard, Kent Police Public Protection Unit

For the Childrens Trust

3rd July 2012

Objectives

• Define the Problem• Describe the high-end (MARAC)• Services Available in Medway• KMDASG• CSP• MSCB• Recent developments• Future Direction

Medway DataDistrict Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet

Tonbridge & Malling

Tunbridge Wells

Kent and Medway

Notifiable Offences 447 444 399 540 548 621 1093 298 535 765 784 420 338 7232

Secondary Incidents 900 1095 749 804 895 1219 2795 519 956 1228 1911 757 629 14457

No Crimes 27 25 26 29 22 43 72 14 33 63 53 28 25 460

Total Incidents 1374 1564 1174 1373 1465 1883 3960 831 1524 2056 2748 1205 992 22149

Number of Repeat Victims 325 344 285 327 360 438 909 189 366 492 653 293 222 5203

% Repeat Victims 23.7% 22.0% 24.3% 23.8% 24.6% 23.3% 23.0% 22.7% 24.0% 23.9% 23.8% 24.3% 22.4% 23.5%

Number Repeat Incidents* 547 648 468 590 650 818 1792 318 666 948 1380 511 418 9754

% Repeat Incidents 39.8% 41.4% 39.9% 43.0% 44.4% 43.4% 45.3% 38.3% 43.7% 46.1% 50.2% 42.4% 42.1% 43.1%

Number Repeat Offenders 39 37 20 49 34 59 71 21 45 67 76 35 22 575

% Repeat Offenders 2.8% 2.4% 1.7% 3.6% 2.3% 3.1% 1.8% 2.5% 3.0% 3.3% 2.8% 2.9% 2.2% 2.6%

Number Repeat Offenders Including Suspects

322 351 273 333 334 431 885 191 358 498 649 291 227 5143

% Repeat Offenders Including Suspects

23.4% 22.4% 23.3% 24.3% 22.8% 22.9% 22.3% 23.0% 23.5% 24.2% 23.6% 24.1% 22.9% 23.3%

Top Ten Wards in Kent

Rank District Ward 2010 2011

Total

Change

1 ThanetCliftonville

West395 472 867 19%

2 MedwayGillingham

North425 442 867 4%

3 MedwayChatham

Central374 463 837 24%

4 MedwayGillingham

South377 387 764 3%

5 MedwayLuton and

Wayfield347 334 681 -4%

6 ThanetMargate

Central270 356 626 32%

7 Maidstone High Street 261 308 569 18%

8 Medway Strood South 248 269 517 8%

9 Thanet Eastcliff 233 275 508 18%

10 Thanet Dane Valley 222 272 494 23%

DA Hotspots

Temporal DA Profile

Police Actions

• Attend as immediate or High Graded Call• Positive Arrest policy (sterile space)• Positive prosecution Policy• Completion of DASHH• Safety Plan placed around victim• Signposted to services• Assessment against CA- DA Referral Matrix• Referral of Children & Families onwards

The DA - CA Risk Matrix

Notification Referral (s.17/s.47)1. Where it is known that the child is subject to a

C.P plan1. Where the D.A adult victim is identified as high

risk (DASH) and a child is resident/normally resident

2. Where police believe the child is already open to CSS

2. Child assaulted during the D.A incident

3. Where it is known that although the child is not resident, they are subject to care proceedings

3. WTTSC 10 where a child is under 1yr or unborn regardless of whether present or not, even if a single incident.

4. Where it is the first D.A report but the victim details historic abuse with children resident/normally resident

4. WTTSC 10 – 1 serious or several lesser, therefore 3 in a rolling year

5. Where there are issues around child contact 5. Where the risk is standard or medium (DASH) but the wider factors surrounding the circumstances require CSS to be informed e.g. substance misuse / mental health

6. Where the D.A adult victim is medium risk (DASH) and the child is present within the home during the incident

6. A parent is fleeing domestic abuse leaving a child with the allegedly violent perpetrator

Medway MARAC

Medway Kent SE National

Cases 233

per 10000 Women pop 23 12.8 18.8 26

Children identified 360

Partner Referral % 52 33 36 38

Repeat Victims % 22 22 24 23

KMDASG

• Reduce DA and Change Attitudes• Provide Support to Victims of

Domestic Abuse• Protect Victims of Domestic Abuse• Enhance Multi Agency Working

Underpinned by an executive Group delivering against 2010-2013 Strategy

KMDASG

• KMDASG Business Plan 2010 - 2013• https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/community-and-living/community-safety/co

mmunity-safety-unit/Domestic%20Abuse%20Strategy%202010%20-%2013.pdf

• Commissioning around IDVA services• Works closely with the Medway

Domestic Abuse Forum.

CSP – DA Sub group

• One of the 7 priorities for the CSP• Adopted priorities of the KMDASG• Outcomes based on Cessation of DA

in various contexts and with injection of services

• Bi-monthly new subgroup.

MSCB• Domestic Abuse as a priority for the

2011 business plan. Coninues to be a priority for 2012/13

• Medway Community Healthcare embedded Specialist DA nurse

• Probation auditing value of IDAP programme and spousal risk assessments

• Training programmes on DA awareness and children

MSCB - key activity

• Ofsted CQC recommendation for referrals to be passed to Health and Childrens Social Care

• Domestic abuse alerts pilot

Other Services• Refuge – 14 Medway Places• IDVAs - CAB, LA Housing and KDASH• SDVC – 233 cases in 6 months• One Stop Shop – Supported by Police,

Housing, legal service provider, IDVA, MDAF….

• Community Domestic Abuse Perpetrators Programme.

• Victim Support• Rising Sun• East Kent Rape Line• National Domestic Violence Helpline.

Direction

• Mainstreaming DA as a subject– CSP– Parts of Education?– Parts of Health?

• Commissioning of sustainable support services

• DHRs