Modern slavery and human trafficking reported Jan - 31st Dec 24

Request

1. Please provide the number of cases of modern slavery and human trafficking reported to the force for each calendar year between January 1st 2019 and December 31st 2024.

2. Please disaggregate data according to the following information:
The crime outcome of the offences (for example, this includes but is not limited to outcomes such as 'cautioned', 'charged/summonsed', evidential difficulties (victim does not support investigation), no suspect identified, 'Not in public interest (police), Not in public interest (CPS)' and any other outcomes recorded),

3. The age of victims recorded, either adult (18 years or older) or child (17 years old or younger).

For the purposes of this request, 'victim' is a person who has reported having been a victim of this crime.

Response

I sourced your request to our Modern Slavery Unit who have supplied the following information.

Please note any data prior to 2020 is held on a historic system and cannot be retrieved without triggering a s12(1) for cost. I have provided the data we hold from 2020 onwards to provide you with some information.

Question 1

Question 2

Please note not every referral constitutes a crime and therefore would not have an outcome below

Question 3