FOI 002607 Sexual Offences Against Children
Request Number: 002607/22
Date of Decision: 26 August 2022
Subject Area: Statistics
Decision: Disclosed
Request
1. For the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022:
a) The number of recorded sexual offences against children aged under 18, broken down by offence along with the age and gender of victims (by individual year of age where possible or grouped into 0-5, 6-10, 11-15 and 16-17).
b) The number of above offences that had a cyber flag attached.
2. For the periods 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, and 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 broken down by year:
a) The number of suspects charged for child sexual offences.
b) The number of cases referred to the CPS for child sexual abuse offences
Reply
1. a)
|
Type of Offence |
Total |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
896 |
|
RAPE |
312 |
|
Grand Total |
1208 |
|
Gender of Victim |
Total |
|
Female |
1018 |
|
Male |
185 |
|
(blank) |
3 |
|
Indeterminate |
1 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
1208 |
|
Grouped Ages |
Total |
|
0 to 5 |
98 |
|
6 to 10 |
213 |
|
11 to 15 |
704 |
|
16 to 17 |
193 |
|
Grand Total |
1208 |
b) 203
2. a)
|
Crime Recorded Financial Year |
Outcome Description |
Total |
|
2017/2018 |
1: Charged |
63 |
|
2018/2019 |
1: Charged |
66 |
|
2019/2020 |
1: Charged |
76 |
|
2020/2021 |
1: Charged |
63 |
|
2021/2022 |
1: Charged |
47 |
b) No information held.
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Please also be aware that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
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