Sexual Assault Data - 474/2021
I am writing to request data under the Freedom of Information Act concerning the offences of rape and sexual assault.
For the calendar years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, please could you tell me:
1) the number and type of crime outcomes recorded for a) rape and b) sexual assault. The outcome should follow the Home Office outcome categories (please see a list at the end of this email*). Please only include crimes that had an outcome recorded, and group them by the year the crime outcome was recorded, rather than the year the crime was first reported
2) for part 1 of this request, please provide a breakdown of the sex and ethnicity of the victims (including a breakdown of crime outcome by ethnicity)
*As per Home Office police recorded crime data (page 10), the relevant crime outcome groups are:
- Charged/summons
- Caution – youths
- Caution – adults
- TIC
- Offender died
- PND
- Cannabis/KHAT warning
- Community resolution
- Not in public interest (CPS)
- Not in public interest (police)
- Prosecution prevented - suspect under age Prosecutions prevented - suspect too ill
- Prosecution prevented – victim/key witness dead/too ill
- Evidential difficulties (suspect not identified; victim
does not support further action) - Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim supports action)
- Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim does not support further action)
- Prosecution time limit expired Investigation complete – no suspect identified
- Action undertaken by another body/agency
- Further investigation to support formal action to in the public interest