FOI Reference: 361/2015 Request: 1) The total number of violent crimes recorded by your force in the past 12 months. 2) A summary of each crime recorded. Clarification: The following clarification was sought from the applicant: Please would you clarify the following: 1) By “summary of each crime recorded” do you mean a breakdown of the type and number of offences? 2) By the past 12 months, do you mean the past calendar year or past financial year? Response from the applicant: Just to clarify I do mean a breakdown of the type and number of offences and I also mean the past financial year – not calendar year. Response: I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows: Please note: Dyfed Powys Police has interpreted ‘Violent Crime’ as all the offences that encompass the categories of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. • Total number of violent crimes (2014/2015) – 5504 2014/2015 Crimes Recorded Violence Against the Person Homicide Murder 1 Manslaughter 2 Corporate Manslaughter 0 1 Infanticide 0 Total Homicide 3 Violence with injury Attempted Murder 0 Causing Death or Serious Injury by Dangerous Driving 4 Causing/Allowing Death of Child/Vulnerable Person 0 Causing Death by Driving: Unlicensed, Disqualified or Uninsured 0 Drivers Assault with Intent to Cause Serious Harm 103 Endangering Life 13 Assault with Injury 2287 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Assault with Injury 8 Causing Death by Agg Veh Taking 0 Total Violence with injury 2415 Violence without injury Conspiracy to Murder 0 Threats to kill 95 Harassment 212 Racially/Religiously Aggravated Harassment 2 Stalking 3 Cruelty to Children/Young Persons 105 Child Abduction 6 Procuring Illegal Abortion 0 Kidnapping 7 Assault without injury on a Constable 104 Assault without injury 1568 Racially/Religiously Aggravated Assault without injury 14 Total Violence without injury 2116 Total Violence Against the Person 4534 Sexual Offences Rape Rape of a Female aged 16 or Over 107 Rape of a Female aged 13-16 30 Rape of a Female Child under 13 42 Rape of a Male aged 16 or over 6 Rape of Male aged 13-16 4 Rape of a Male Child under 13 17 Total Rape 206 Other Sexual Offences Sexual Assault on a Male Child 13 & Over 25 Sexual Assault on a Male Child under 13 34 Sexual Assault on a Female aged 13 or over 142 2 Sexual Assault on a Female under 13 76 USI With A Girl Under 13 0 Causing Sexual Activity without Consent 1 Sexual Activity Involving a Child under 16 170 Incest or familial sexual offences 4 Sexual Activity with Person with Mental Disorder 2 Abuse of Children through Prostitution/Pornography 3 Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation 0 Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature 2 Sexual Grooming 18 Other miscellaneous sexual offences 3 Unnatural sexual offences 0 Exposure & voyeurism 47 Total Other Sexual Offences 527 Total Sexual Offences 733 Robbery Robbery Of Business Property 9 Robbery Of Personal Property 22 Total Robbery 31 Total Violent Crime 5504 It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive. (This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 13/07/15) 3 .