Controlling or Coercive Behaviour
Date of request: 5 June 2025
Reference: 717-25
Request
How many successful prosecutions have there been each year for the crime of coercive control since its introduction into the serious crime Act of 2015.
Response
Please find below table which provides data of occurrences for controlling and coercive behaviour where there is an outcome of charge/summons. Please note that this information is for the year of the outcomes. Please note that each occurrence has one offender.
*Information for 2025 is correct as of the date of research, 11 June 2025.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025* | Sum: | |||
| Controlling or Coercive Behaviour | OC01 – Charge/Summons | 7 | 31 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 63 | 140 | 67 | 449 |
Please find below table which provides the number of occurrences with a verdict of guilty recorded. Please note that in regards to prosecution in court, our crime recording system only holds results for cases heard in Magistrates’ Courts. We understand that Crown Court results are held on a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) system.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025* | Sum: | |||
| Controlling or Coercive Behaviour | OC01 – Charge/Summons | Guilty | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 59 | 15 | 145 |