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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of men and women remanded in custody at magistrates'
courts and the Crown Courts for offences of violence against the person, public order
offences and harassment offences, for 2012 (latest available) can be viewed in the
tables. The proportion remanded in custody has remained broadly constant in recent
years.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants
proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and
Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under
which proceedings are brought, but not all the specific circumstances of each case.
This centrally-held information does not allow us to separately identify which offences
proceeded against were related to domestic violence. This information is not reported
to Justice Statistics Analytical Services in MoJ owing to its size and complexity,
and it could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Table
1: Defendants<sup>(1)</sup> proceeded against at magistrates' courts, by remand status,
offence group and sex, England & Wales, 2012<sup>(2) </sup>(e)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Offence Group</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Remand Status</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Male</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Violence Against the Person<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td
colspan="4"><p><strong>Custody<sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>6,867</strong></p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>401</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td
colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p>Public Order Offences<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Custody<sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>1,508</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>112</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Harassment Offences<sup>(5)</sup></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Custody<sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>2,060</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>78</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(e) Magistrates' courts data for 2012 are estimated.</p></td><td
colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3">
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p> </p><p><strong>Table
2: Defendants<sup>(1)</sup> appearing at the Crown Court, by remand status, offence
group and sex, England & Wales, 2012<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Offence Group</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Remand Status</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Male</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
</td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Violence Against the Person<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Custody<sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>6,975</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>476</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Public Order Offences<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Custody<sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>1,628</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>74</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Harassment Offences<sup>(5)</sup></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Custody<sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>534</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="6"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="12"><p>(1) Defendants in Table 1 may also be counted in Table 2 if they were
committed for trial or committed for sentence at the Crown Court. Defendants in Table
2 may also be counted in Table 1.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>(2) Every effort
is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it
is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative
data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should
be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3">
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>(3) Based
on new Office for National Statistics (ONS) crime classifications. For further detail
see: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/crime-statistics-methodology/presentational-changes-on-police-recorded-crime-in-england-and-wales.pdf</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="12"><p>(4) Includes those remanded in custody at any stage of proceedings
at the relevant court who may also have been given bail at some stage of those proceedings.</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="12"><p>(5) Includes offences under S.2, S.2A(1), S.3, S.4, S.4A(1)(a)(b)(i),
S.4A(1)(a)(b)(ii), S.5, SS.5A(2) & 5(5) & (6) of the Protection from Harassment
Act 1997, and S.31(1)(b) & (4), S.31(1)(c) & (4) of the Crime & Disorder
Act 1998, and S.42A of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td>
</td><td colspan="6"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: 194404</p></td><td colspan="3"> </td><td>
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