Child sexual offences suspect data 79/2026

FOI Reference: 79/2026

Request:

(1) The number of suspects of relevant* child sexual offences sorted by nationality, including 'Unknown' if not linked. 

(2) The number of suspects of relevant* child sexual offences sorted by ethnicity, including 'Unknown' if not linked.

*Relevant are any of the following offences: 

017/14      Assault on a male child under 13 by penetration

017/16      Sexual assault on a male child under 13

019/07      Rape of a female aged under 16

019/09      Rape of a male aged under 16

019/11      Attempted rape of a female aged under 16

019/13      Attempted rape of a male aged under 16

019/16      Rape of a female child under 13 by a male

019/17      Rape of a male child under 13 by a male

019/18      Attempted rape of a female child under 13 by a male

019/19      Attempted rape of a male child under 13 by a male

020/04      Assault of a female child under 13 by penetration

020/06      Sexual assault of a female child under 13

You may consider other offences, or less offences. If that is so, please specify that in your response to ensure the figures can be reported on correctly. 

For nationality, if you're not able to export per individual nationality, you could perhaps consider searching for the 'British' nationality, then providing the figure for 'British', 'Non-british' and 'Unknown'. 

Clarification:

Clarification was sought and the applicant confirmed that the timeframe for the requested information was for the period of 01/01/2023 to 31/12/2025 (two full years of data).

Response 1&2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

Please note: The below tables relate to the following offences for the time frame of 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025.

017/14      Assault on a male child under 13 by penetration

017/16      Sexual assault on a male child under 13

019/07      Rape of a female aged under 16

019/09      Rape of a male aged under 16

019/11      Attempted rape of a female aged under 16

019/13      Attempted rape of a male aged under 16

019/16      Rape of a female child under 13 by a male

019/17      Rape of a male child under 13 by a male

019/18      Attempted rape of a female child under 13 by a male

019/19      Attempted rape of a male child under 13 by a male

020/04      Assault of a female child under 13 by penetration

020/06      Sexual assault of a female child under 13

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally.  However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the 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.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 03/02/2026)