Under 18 sexual offences (FOI ref: 35A/25)
Request
I would like to know for the following years:
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 (as far as possible)
And the following crime numbers:
|
Crime Description |
Crime Code |
|
Causing sexual activity without consent |
22A |
|
Indecent Assault on A Female |
20 |
|
Other miscellaneous sexual offences |
88C |
|
Rape of a Female - Multiple Undefined Offenders |
19J |
|
Rape of a female child under 13 |
19E |
|
Rape of a female child under 16 |
19D |
|
Rape of a Male - Multiple Undefined Offenders |
19K |
|
Rape of a male child under 13 |
19H |
|
Rape of a male child under 16 |
19G |
|
Sexual activity involving a child under 13 |
21 |
|
Sexual activity etc with a person with a mental disorder |
70 |
|
Sexual activity involving child under 16 |
22B |
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over |
20A |
|
Sexual assault on a female child under 13 |
20B |
|
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 and over |
17A |
|
Sexual assault on a male child under 13 |
17B |
- the number of arrests, charges and reports where both the suspect and the victim are below the age of 18 at the time of the (alleged) crime AND
- for crimes involving children under the age of 16 or 13, please include reports, arrests and charges where the suspect was below the age of 18 at the time of the crime.
If possible, please can you also provide the age and gender of the suspect and victim.
Clarification
By reports I mean when a person has reported a potential crime to the police - is that possible?
I’m thinking there will be more reports than arrests and more arrests than charges.
Amended request
Details of recorded crimes where the outcome was charge.
Response
Please find below our response.
Having reviewed the outcomes, there were none recorded as charged for any of these recorded offences.
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.
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