Rape offences 505/2025
FOI Reference: 505/2025
Request:
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
- How many reports of rape offences (home office codes - 019/08, 019/10, have you received from September 1st, 2024, to April 30th, 2025?
- Please can you provide the outcome for each of these rape offences that have been reported between the set dates under the specific home office codes?
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
There were a total of 243 rape offences recorded from September 1st 2024 to April 30th 2025. 229 of these rape offences relate to the home office code of 19/08 and 14 relate to the home office code of 19/10.
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
|
Outcome |
Rape of a female aged 16 or over (19/08) |
Rape of a male aged 16 or over (19/10) |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
12: Named suspect identified but is dead or too ill (physical or mental health) to prosecute |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
13: Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
19 |
3 |
22 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
77 |
1 |
78 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Investigation Ongoing |
103 |
5 |
108 |
|
Grand Total |
229 |
14 |
243 |
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 14/05/2025)
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