FOI Rape Reports (0844-2024/25)
Request
I’d like the following information for each of the following time periods
October 2019 - September 2020 (30th)
October 2020 - September 2021 (30th)
October 2021 - September 2022 (30th)
October 2022 - September 2023 (30th)
October 2023 - September 2024 (30th)
I’d like the following informations for each of the above years
Q1. The number of rapes reported to your force
Q2. Of these (for each year) how many of the victims were under 18
Q3. Of these (for each year) how many of the perpetrators were under 18
Q4. The number of sexual assaults reported to your force
Q5. Of these (for each year) how many of the victims were under 18
Q6. Of these (for each year) how many of the perpetrators were under 18
Q7. How many reports of image based abuse were reported to your force for each year, where BOTH the victims AND the perpetrator were under the age of 18.
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Decision
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Q1-3. Please see the table below showing the number of reports of rape in the period 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2024, broken down by year, the number of victims aged under 18 and number of offenders aged under 18.
|
|
Total reports |
Victims under 18 |
Offenders under 18 |
|
2019/20 |
491 |
206 |
15 |
|
2020/21 |
577 |
228 |
8 |
|
2021/22 |
751 |
301 |
10 |
|
2022/23 |
717 |
266 |
6 |
|
2023/24 |
668 |
267 |
1 |
Q4-6. Please see the table below showing the number of reports of sexual assault in the period 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2024, broken down by year, the number of victims aged under 18 and number of offenders aged under 18.
|
|
Total reports |
Victims under 18 |
Offenders under 18 |
|
2019/20 |
548 |
263 |
11 |
|
2020/21 |
629 |
319 |
7 |
|
2021/22 |
817 |
398 |
8 |
|
2022/23 |
880 |
401 |
3 |
|
2023/24 |
768 |
391 |
2 |
Q7. None.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.