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What crimes were referred to us? 932 Hate crime referrals 7,037 referrals relating to criminal damage and public order offences 1,389 referrals for sexual offences 9,311 referrals for violent crimes 8,889 referrals for Theft/fraud and burglary crimes 4,650 referrals for harassment or stalking offences. The Sunflower Centre received 3,719 referrals for High-risk domestic related offending Voice services received a further 8,708 referrals for domestic related offending with 259 of these referred through the Children's and young people’s service. 23% Domestic related offending accounted for the largest volume of referrals into voice services (Excluding the Sunflower centre) Domestic related offending includes a wide variety of crime types identified as being committed by an offender falling within the government definition of ‘Domestic Abuse’ Government definition of domestic abuse Any incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of their gender or sexuality