Domestic Homicide Review (DHR)

A DHR looks at the circumstances of a person’s death and the lessons that need to be learnt from it.

The purpose of a DHR is not to apportion blame. It occurs when the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect. This could be by the following people:

• A person to whom they were related or with whom they were or had been in an intimate personal relationship.
• A member of the same household, held with a view to identifying the lessons to be learnt from the death.

Responsibility for a DHR

The duty to undertake DHRs was carried out by the Home Office through statutory guidance in April 2011. You can find more details about DHRs on the Government website. 

Barnsley's Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is in charge of carrying out DHR's in Barnsley. You can read their process for requesting a Domestic Homicide Review. 

DHR reports

Once a DHR is approved by the Home Office Quality Assurance Group a final report will be published.

Any DHRs conducted by the Barnsley Community Safety Partnership will be published below.

DHR01 - October 2015:

• DHR01 - executive summary
• DHR01 - action plan

DHR02 - November 2016:

• DHR02 - executive summary and action plan

DHR03 - November 2016:

• DHR03 – executive summary and recommendations

DHR04 - June 2017:

• DHR04 - executive summary