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Sexual Offences - 872/23

Date Responded 30 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:

I would like to resubmit my FOI request concerning the number of sexual offences recorded per year, broken down by outcome, for the period 2017-2021.

This includes offences against both adults and children.

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 follows.

Outcome

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Total

Caution adult

         38

         28

         34

         18

         29

       147

Caution Adult for alternative offence

           3

          -  

          -  

           1

           1

           5

Caution youth

         19

         15

           5

           2

          -  

         41

Caution Youth for alternative offence

          -  

          -  

          -  

           1

          -  

           1

Caution/Reprimand/Warn

          -  

          -  

           1

          -  

          -  

           1

Charge/Summons

       496

       391

       397

       334

       404

    2,022

Charge/Summons for alternative offence

           2

           1

           4

           3

           2

         12

Community Resolution

           1

           5

           1

          -  

          -  

           7

Diversionary, educational or intervention activity

          -  

          -  

           2

         10

           7

         19

Evidential Difficulties

    1,168

    1,602

    1,399

    1,063

    1,159

    6,391

Investigation Complete - No suspect identified

       755

       916

       982

       789

       852

    4,294

Investigation not in public interest

         32

         55

         69

         41

         58

       255

Not in Public Interest (CPS)

           8

           4

           2

           1

           1

         16

Not in Public Interest (Police)

         71

         94

         65

         53

         62

       345

Offender Deceased

           6

         10

         11

           9

           2

         38

Other agency action

         43

         59

         91

         72

         81

       346

Penalty Notice

           1

          -  

           4

           1

           1

           7

Prosecution time limit expired

           1

          -  

          -  

          -  

           2

           3

Suspect too ill

         30

         39

         25

         34

         78

       206

Suspect under 10 years old

         76

         62

         53

         34

         45

       270

Victim declines or is unable to identify suspect

       348

       491

       373

       435

       523

    2,170

Victim does not support police action

    1,135

    1,036

       976

       974

    1,313

    5,434

Victim or key witness is deceased or too ill to give evidence

         16

         14

           8

           7

         12

         57

YOT Triage

           3

          -  

           2

          -  

          -  

           5

Unknown

           9

         14

         52

         67

       167

       309

Total

    4,261

    4,836

    4,556

    3,949

    4,799

  22,401

 

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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