Police Officer sexual misconduct (FOI Ref: 1654/26)

Request

I request the following information relating to police officer sexual misconduct cases for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2025.

Please provide, by calendar year where available:

1. The number of sexual misconduct investigations involving police officers and police staff .
2. The gender of officers subject to those investigations.
3. The number and type of misconduct findings, including:

    * No case to answer;

    * Misconduct;

    * Gross misconduct; and

    * Any other relevant finding categories.

    * Where alternative measures were used such as moving the subject officer to a different team or station

    * Where alternative measures were used such as moving the complainant, if staff or officer, to a different team or station 4. The resulting disciplinary outcomes.

5. Details of sanctions imposed.
6. The number of officers who were dismissed.
7. The number of officers who received a final written warning.
8. The number of cases resulting in management action or equivalent informal resolution.
9. The otherwise outcome, such as subject officer moved to a different team or station

 

In addition, please provide:

1. The number of sexual misconduct cases in which disability mitigation was considered during the misconduct process.
2. The number of sexual misconduct cases in which the officer was identified as having:

    * Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD);

    * Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); or

    * Any other recognised neurodivergent condition.

We clarified with you on 22 July 2026 and you responded on 23 July 2026, please find below you amended questions:

 information relating to police officer and police staff sexual misconduct cases for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025 - calendar year please

1. The number of sexual misconduct investigations involving police officers and police staff

2. The gender of officers subject to those investigations.
   3. The outcomes (please include gender) of the results in question 1 as detailed below: 

The number and type of misconduct findings, including:
    * No case to answer;
    * Misconduct;
    * Gross misconduct; and
    * Any other relevant finding categories.
    * Where alternative measures were used such as moving the subject officer to a different team or station
    * Where alternative measures were used such as moving the complainant, if staff or officer, to a different team or station  

The resulting disciplinary outcomes.
Details of sanctions imposed.
The number of officers who were dismissed.
The number of officers who received a final written warning.
The number of cases resulting in management action or equivalent informal resolution.

The otherwise outcome, such as subject officer moved to a different team or station

Response

Please find enclosed our response.

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Police officer and police staff sexual misconduct cases for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025 - calendar year please

1. The number of sexual misconduct investigations involving police officers and police staff.

2. The gender of officers subject to those investigations.

 

 

 

 

 

	Police Officer Investigations		Police Staff Investigations
Year	Male	Female	Male	Female
2020	7	0	2	2
2021	7	0	5	0
2022	8	0	1	1
2023	32	3	4	0
2024	31	1	4	0
2025	21	7	10	0

 

3. 
   The outcomes (please include gender) of the results in question 1 as detailed below:

The number and type of misconduct findings, including:
    * No case to answer;
    * Misconduct;
    * Gross misconduct; and
    * Any other relevant finding categories.
    * Where alternative measures were used such as moving the subject officer to a different team or station
    * Where alternative measures were used such as moving the complainant, if staff or officer, to a different team or station 

The resulting disciplinary outcomes.
Details of sanctions imposed.
The number of officers who were dismissed.
The number of officers who received a final written warning.
The number of cases resulting in management action or equivalent informal resolution.

The otherwise outcome, such as subject officer moved to a different team or station

 

	Police Officer Investigations Outcomes		Police Staff Investigations Outcomes
Year	Male	Female	Male	Female
2020	Case To Answer - 3 (1 Final Written Warning, 1 Would Have Been Dismissed, 1 Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 1 RPRP - 3		Case To Answer - 1 (1 Would Have Been Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 1	Case To Answer - 2 (2 Dismissal)
2021	Case To Answer - 6 (3 Would Have Been Dismissed, 3 Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 1		Case To Answer - 2 (1 Final Written Warning, 1 Would Have Been Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 2 Withdrawn - 1
2022	Case To Answer - 4 (3 Would Have Been Dismissed, 1 Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 1 Discontinuance - 1 RPRP - 2		Case To Answer - 1 (1 Would Have Been Dismissed)	Case To Answer - 1 (1 Final Written Warning)
2023	Case To Answer - 9 (1 Written Warning, 1 Final Written Warning, 2 Dismissed, 5 Would Have Been Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 6 Discontinuance - 3 Withdrawn - 1 RPRP - 6 Ongoing - 7	Case To Answer - 1 (1 Final Written Warning) No Case to Answer - 1 RPRP - 1	No Case to Answer - 4
2024	Case To Answer - 8 (2 No Action as Reg 13 Resignation, 1 Written Warning, 1 Final Written Warning, 1 Dismissal. 3 Would Have Been Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 3 Discontinuance - 5 RPRP - 10 Ongoing - 5	RPRP - 1	Case To Answer - 2 (2 Would Have Been Dismissed) No Case to Answer - 2
2025	No Case to Answer - 9 RPRP - 5 Ongoing - 7	Case To Answer - 1 (1 Would Have Been Dismissed) RPRP - 4 Ongoing - 2	Case To Answer - 1 (1 No Action, Progressed as HR Probation Meeting) No Case to Answer - 5 Ongoing - 4

 

Please note that RPRP means = reflective practice review process.

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. Consequently, 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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