Necrophilia offences 704/2025

FOI Reference: 704/2025

Request

Please could you provide the number of recorded offences under Section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“sexual penetration of a corpse”) between 2020 and 2025 (if available), broken down by year.

If it assists your search, this offence may also be referred to using terms such as necrophilia or sexual interference with a corpse. If any other offence codes or descriptions are used locally for cases involving this conduct, I would appreciate those figures being included as well.

If possible within the cost limit, I would also be grateful for:
- The outcome or disposal of each offence (e.g. charge, no further action)
- Whether the victim was identified (e.g. case involving a named deceased individual vs. unknown).

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response

There are no records for the offence under Section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“sexual penetration of a corpse”)  between 2020 and 2025 (to date).

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 18/07/2025)