Aggregated monthly data on Violence Against Women and Girls offences and victims from the Metropolitan Police Service. The publication is split into offence-based and victim-based datasets, with counts aggregated by location, classification, age, and ethnicity to protect confidentiality. Data is updated monthly by the 2nd of the month and runs until the end of the prior month.
Use Cases
- Analyze geographic crime patterns based on aggregated counts by BCU, borough, and ward.
- Study offence classification trends based on crimsec groupings and VAWG categories.
- Examine victim demographics based on aggregated counts by age band and ethnicity.
Strengths
- Data is updated monthly, providing regular insights.
- Aggregation by multiple dimensions (location, classification, age, ethnicity) supports varied analysis.
- Data is aggregated to address disclosure risk, supporting responsible public use.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to uk_data.
Provenance
- Source
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from recorded offences and victim information.
- Time Range
- Data runs until the end of the month prior to update.
- Freshness
- Updated monthly by the 2nd of the month.
- Geography
- Greater London (by BCU, borough, and ward).