Statistics on so called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, England and Wales, 2019 to 2020
Statistics on so called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences recorded by the police in the year to March 2020.
Applies to England and Wales
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This publication provides information on the number of so called ‘honour-based’ abuse (HBA) crimes from police recorded data in England and Wales from April 2019 to March 2020. The bulletin covers the extent in HBA for all forces, with additional analysis based upon more detailed data supplied by 30 police forces on the types of offences associated with HBA.
So called HBA-related crimes for the purposes of this collection follow the current police and Crown Prosecution Service definition:
an incident or crime involving violence, threats of violence, intimidation, coercion or abuse (including psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional abuse) which has or may have been committed to protect or defend the honour of an individual, family and/or community for alleged or perceived breaches of the family and/or community’s code of behaviour.