FOI Sexual Assault Crimes (0343-2022/23)
Request
Q1) Please can you tell me in the past five years (1st April 2017- 31st March 2022) how many of the following offences have been reported to your force?
- Rape
- Assault by penetration
- Sexual assault
- Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
Q2) Of those reports how many received an outcome of a charge to court (please break down per offence)
Q3) Of those charged how many were convicted at court (as above please break down per offence).
(Clarified that in order to avoid any exemption under S12 Freedom Of Information Act owing to excess cost, a response regarding Q3 is no longer required)
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Q1) Please can you tell me in the past five years (1st April 2017- 31st March 2022) how many of the following offences have been reported to your force.
- Rape
- Assault by penetration
- Sexual assault
- Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
Table 1.North Yorkshire Police specified sexual offences recorded
between 01 April 2017 and 31st March 2022
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Category |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
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1. Rape |
556 |
577 |
593 |
456 |
667 |
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2. Assault by Penetration |
110 |
117 |
86 |
66 |
116 |
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3. Sexual Assault |
408 |
574 |
543 |
395 |
707 |
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4. Causing a Person to engage in Sexual Activity without Consent |
5 |
9 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
Q2) Of those reports how many received an outcome of a charge to court (please break down per offence)
Table 2.North Yorkshire Police specified sexual offences recorded
between 01 April 2017 and 31st March 2022 – charge disposals
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Category |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
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1. Rape |
56 |
37 |
33 |
18 |
7 |
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2. Assault by Penetration |
23 |
22 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
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3. Sexual Assault |
66 |
68 |
56 |
31 |
33 |
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.