Child Sexual Offences (725A/23)
Request
1. In the financial year 2021/22, please state, per offence code, how many of the following crimes were recorded by West Midlands Police, and what was the outcome of each of those crimes:
a) Rape (Home Office offence codes: 01907, 01908*, 01909, 01910*, 01911, 01912*, 01913, 01914*, 01916, 01917, 01918, 01919).
b) Sexual assault on a male (Home Office offence codes: 01711, 01712*, 01714, 01716).
c) Sexual assault on a female (Home Office offence codes: 02001, 02002*, 02004, 02006)
*These offence codes are used for people 16 or over. If possible, please report separately for victims under 18, and victims 18 and over.
2. In the financial year 2021/22, please state, per offence code, how many of the following crimes were recorded by West Midlands Police, and what was the outcome of each of those crimes:
a) Buggery and attempted buggery (Home Office offence codes: 01612, 01613, 01614, 01615*, 01617, 01618, 01619, 01620*, 01623, 01624, 01625, 01626, 01627, 01628)
b) Indecency between males (Home Office offence codes: 01803, 01804, 01805, 01807, 01808, 01809*, 01810, 1811
*These offence codes are used for people 16 or over. If possible, please report separately for victims under 18, and victims 18 and over.
3. In the financial year 2021/22, please state, per offence code, how many of the following crimes were recorded by West Midlands Police, and what was the outcome of each of those crimes:
a) Sexual activity (male and female) – including with a child under 13 (Home Office offence codes: 02101, 02102, 02103, 02104, 02105, 02106, 02107, 02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02112, 02113, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02117, 02118, 02119, 02120, 02121, 02122, 02123, 02124, 02125)
4. In the financial year 2021/22, please state, per offence code, how many of the following crimes were recorded by West Midlands Police, and what was the outcome of each of those crimes:
a) Sexual activity (male and female) – including with a child under 16 (Home Office offence codes: 02206, 02207, 02208, 02209, 02210, 02211, 02212, 02213, 02214, 02215, 02216, 02217, 02218, 02219, 02220, 02221, 02222, 02223, 02224, 02225)
5. In the financial year 2021/22, please state, per offence code, how many of the following crimes were recorded by West Midlands Police, and what was the outcome of each of those crimes:
a) Familial sexual offences (Incest) (Home Office offence codes: 02301, 02302, 02303, 02304, 02305, 02306, 02307, 02308, 02309, 02310, 02311, 02312*, 02313*, 02314, 02315, 02316, 02317, 02318, 02319, 02320, 02321, 02322, 02323, 02324, 02325, 02326, 02327, 02328, 02329, 02330, 02331, 02332, 02333, 02334, 02335, 02336, 02337)
* If offender ages have been recorded in the logs for these crimes, please report separately for Under 18, 18 and over, and Unknown
Response
Please find attached (725A_23_attachment.xlsx). Please note – Codes specified above that do not feature in the attached table indicates no results for these offences.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
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