Murder, manslaughter, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the Service Justice System: 2025
Statistics on murder, manslaughter, offences contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, non-recent sexual offences and domestic abuse that are dealt with wholly within the Service Justice System.
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This annual publication provides statistics on recent and non-recent offences committed by UK Armed Forces personnel and Civilians Subject to Service Discipline that are contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 03) or non-recent sexual offences and dealt wholly within the Service Justice System (SJS).
From 31 March 2024, this publication includes statistics on murder and manslaughter contrary to common law and dealt wholly within the SJS.
June 2026
Revisions have been made to the statistic and data tables relating to the number of domestic abuse investigations: specifically to the breakdowns by outcome, type of offence and victim and suspect demographics.
These can be found in tables 1b, 2b and 3b of the supplementary tables, as well as in ‘Murder, manslaughter, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the Service Justice System: 2025’ under the heading ‘10. Domestic Abuse’.
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A revision has been made to the statistic relating to the number of domestic abuse investigations.
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First published.