Rape
(asked on 10th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of rape were made in each region; and how many of these cases resulted in a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each year since 2010.
Rape is one of the most complex and challenging offences to prosecute and charging decisions have a profound impact on those involved. The CPS has undertaken extensive work over the last decade to ensure that when reaching prosecution decisions specialist prosecutors are fully equipped to deal with the particular complexities of rape cases.
While the CPS does not hold a record of the number of complaints of rape to the police, we can provide data on the number of rape prosecutions and convictions recorded by the CPS system.
The table below provides the volume of rape prosecutions broken down by CPS Area.
| 2010-2011 | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 |
Cymru Wales | 278 | 224 | 233 | 257 | 276 | 217 | 251 | 230 |
Eastern | 212 | 239 | 201 | 224 | 266 | 298 | 275 | 226 |
East Midlands | 293 | 311 | 278 | 252 | 271 | 277 | 320 | 383 |
London North | 495 | 352 | 349 | 376 | 414 | 368 | 430 | 365 |
London South | 366 | 316 | 318 | 354 | 397 | 366 | 416 | 357 |
Merseyside & Cheshire | 142 | 135 | 127 | 120 | 143 | 176 | 243 | 202 |
North East | 220 | 227 | 199 | 194 | 214 | 229 | 285 | 289 |
North West | 478 | 459 | 455 | 454 | 556 | 557 | 601 | 469 |
South East | 299 | 277 | 236 | 260 | 328 | 348 | 440 | 288 |
South West | 222 | 257 | 300 | 288 | 287 | 306 | 296 | 310 |
Thames and Chiltern | 202 | 203 | 181 | 204 | 266 | 269 | 303 | 187 |
Wessex | 197 | 161 | 174 | 207 | 221 | 200 | 184 | 118 |
West Midlands | 396 | 323 | 338 | 346 | 398 | 506 | 644 | 553 |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 408 | 380 | 303 | 355 | 499 | 526 | 502 | 540 |
Total | 4,208 | 3,864 | 3,692 | 3,891 | 4,536 | 4,643 | 5,190 | 4,517 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System
The following table provides a breakdown by CPS Area of the volume of rape convictions.
| 2010-2011 | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 |
Cymru Wales | 146 | 140 | 135 | 149 | 150 | 115 | 139 | 140 |
Eastern | 145 | 165 | 136 | 142 | 165 | 167 | 169 | 142 |
East Midlands | 166 | 208 | 188 | 174 | 186 | 179 | 208 | 231 |
London North | 258 | 191 | 187 | 208 | 217 | 197 | 232 | 187 |
London South | 190 | 179 | 180 | 173 | 183 | 197 | 231 | 177 |
Merseyside & Cheshire | 82 | 77 | 90 | 90 | 96 | 100 | 138 | 114 |
North East | 144 | 128 | 126 | 112 | 108 | 125 | 156 | 167 |
North West | 298 | 288 | 283 | 274 | 295 | 342 | 370 | 266 |
South East | 165 | 177 | 151 | 155 | 187 | 175 | 232 | 159 |
South West | 154 | 175 | 198 | 182 | 166 | 194 | 181 | 213 |
Thames and Chiltern | 111 | 125 | 112 | 123 | 157 | 162 | 162 | 111 |
Wessex | 105 | 110 | 117 | 108 | 90 | 99 | 133 | 78 |
West Midlands | 240 | 200 | 227 | 226 | 263 | 309 | 345 | 311 |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 261 | 251 | 203 | 232 | 318 | 328 | 295 | 339 |
Total | 2,465 | 2,414 | 2,333 | 2,348 | 2,581 | 2,689 | 2,991 | 2,635 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System