Rape (FOI ref: 182A/25)
Request
Please confirm for the year 2023, how many of the following:
A1: Indian
A2: Pakistani
A3: Bangladeshi
A4: Chinese
A9: Any other Asian background
IC4: Asian - Indian subcontinent
IC5: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or other Southeast Asian
IC6: Arab or North African
Were recorded as being suspected or charged with the following:
19C Rape of a female aged 16 and over
19D Rape of a female child under 16
19E Rape of a female child under 13
20A Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over 20B Sexual assault on a female child under 13
Response
Please find attached our response.
Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
I would also mention that although we aim to provide data where asked, however sending multiple / overlapping requests can place an administrative burden on the Force to process, locate and retrieve the data. It is important to note that requests of the same /similar nature can be aggregated for cost purposes as well considering the burden.
I would recommend that you familiarise yourself with ICO guidance on Freedom of Information before making any further requests.
https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/official-information/
In particular you may wish to look at the ‘Information request dos and don’ts’ section. As your requests show some of these relevant characteristics we may consider the application of Section 14 (vexatious or repeated requests) as well as Section 12 (where the request exceeds the appropriate limit) to future requests.