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Sexual Abuse - 891/23

Date Responded 27 June 2023

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

You asked:

1. The number of reports received of an alleged sexual assault committed by a person under-18 on a victim aged under 18. I would like this information broken down by year, covering 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
2. The number of reports covered in 1) that included an allegation of rape. I would like this information broken down by year, covering 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
3. The number of reports covered in 1) in which the alleged perpetrator was aged 10 or under. I would like this information broken down by year, covering 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
4. The number of reports covered in 1) that took place on school premises. I would like this information broken down by year, covering 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
5. The number of reports covered in 1) in which no further action was taken. I would like this information broken down by year, covering 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as attached with all the caveats below noted prior to viewing the information provided.

• The data has been taken from systems where the offence was either a sexual offence or rape and the offence description had the work 'assault' included.

• There are a number of assaults where either the victim or suspects age is unknown, these offences have been omitted.

• For question 4 the location was searched for the following terms: Classroom, College, Education Centre, Nursery school and School Premises.

• Although the location may be school premises, both or either of the suspect or victim may have no connection to the premises, i.e. the offence may have been carried out in the school grounds but not by people associated with the school.

• The reason for ‘no further action’ has been provided for context at point 5.

Sexual Abuse - 891/23

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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