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  • Domestic Abuse Related Cases Dealt With in 2022/23 – 2023/24

    Topics:
    • Justice and the law, 
    • Statistics and Research, 
    • Prosecution and Conviction Statistics

    Date published: 7 January 2025

    Last updated: 24 September 2025

    This bulletin presents data on prosecutions, convictions and out of court disposals data, as well as case processing times for cases relating to the domestic abuse (DA) offence or any offence aggravated by reason of involving DA, as laid out in The Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.

    Correction Notice 24 September 2025: The report has been revised to only include offences reported as falling under ‘The Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021’. Figures for cases where sentences had been enhanced were also revised.  The report, tables (1 and 8) and infographic have been revised to reflect this this. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

    Documents

    • The Domestic Abuse And Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Prosecutions at courts and case processing time for domestic abuse related cases dealt with in 2022/23 –2023/24 – reportAdobe PDF (1.21 MB)
    • Prosecutions at courts and case processing time for domestic abuse related cases dealt with in 2022/23 –2023/24 – infographicAdobe PDF (479.76 KB)
    • Prosecutions at courts and case processing time for domestic abuse related cases dealt with in 2022/23 –2023/24 – odsMicrosoft Excel (130.4 KB)
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