"Figure 3: There were variations in the outcomes between domestic abuse-related and non-domestic abuse-related violence against the person offences","" "Outcomes assigned to domestic abuse-related violence against the person offences and non-domestic abuse-related violence against the person offences, England and Wales, year ending March 2020, by outcome group","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Based on 29 police forces that supplied adequate data. 3. ""Taken into consideration"" includes offences asked to be taken into consideration by a court. 4. ""Out of court (formal)"" includes caution – adults; caution – youths; Penalty Notices for Disorder. 5. ""Out of court (informal)"" includes cannabis or khat warnings and community resolutions. 6. ""Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest"" includes not in the public interest (Crown Prosecution Service); not in public interest (police); offender died; prosecution prevented (suspect under age; suspect too ill; victim or key witness dead or too ill); prosecution time limit expired. 7. ""Evidential difficulties (victim does not support action)"" includes evidential difficulties where the suspect was or was not identified and the victim does not support further action. 8. ""Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action"" was introduced on a voluntary basis from April 2019." "Unit","%" "","" "Type","Domestic abuse-related","Non-domestic abuse-related" "Evidential difficulties (victim does not support action)","55.1","39.6" "Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim supports action)","22.9","15.5" "Charged/summonsed","8.7","6.8" "Offences not yet assigned an outcome","6.4","6.6" "Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest","2.1","2.5" "Investigation complete - no suspect identified","1.5","20.9" "Out-of-court (formal)","1.4","1.2" "Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest","0.7","1.5" "Action undertaken by another body/agency","0.6","3.2" "Out-of-court (informal)","0.5","2.1" "Diversionary educational or intervention activity resulting from the crime report has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action","0.1","0.1" "Taken into consideration (TICs)","0.0","0.0"