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:
Between Monday, January 1st 2018 and Wednesday, 1st January 2020.
How many incidents which were recorded as the crime of either rape or attempted rape currently (A) have an unknown suspect or (B) A known suspect but no arrests have been made?
If Possible please break down by Male and Female and by year
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.
This breakdown has included all crimes such as: rape, attempted rape, rape allegation.
Where the "gender" field for the victim has been had not been completed, it has been appended to Unknown irrespective of the crime type
We have taken “breakdown by gender” to relate to the victim gender as this was not specified.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would expect that you to take into consideration the factors highlighted above so as not to mislead members of the public or official bodies or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
No Suspect |
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Victim Gender |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
Female |
551 |
540 |
19 |
1110 |
Male |
104 |
79 |
5 |
188 |
Unknown |
15 |
16 |
|
31 |
Total |
670 |
635 |
24 |
1329 |
Suspect(s), No Arrests |
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Victim Gender |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
Female |
769 |
605 |
19 |
1393 |
Male |
87 |
70 |
1 |
158 |
Unknown |
8 |
7 |
|
15 |
Total |
864 |
682 |
20 |
1566 |