Q. Offences against Children: Prosecutions

Offences against Children: Prosecutions

(asked on 8th March 2016) - View Source

Questioner

Tim Loughton
(Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of child abuse flagged by sexual offences have led to prosecutions in each police force area in each of the last three years.

Answered by

Mike Penning

This question was answered on 11th March 2016

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences, by police force area in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2014, can be viewed in the table at Annex A.

Annex A

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences ⁽¹⁾, England and Wales, 2012 to 2014 ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Police Force Area	Outcome	2012	2013	2014
London⁽⁴⁾	Proceeded against	483	538	513
London⁽⁴⁾	Found guilty	212	207	226
Cumbria	Proceeded against	31	36	48
Cumbria	Found guilty	18	19	33
Lancashire	Proceeded against	163	205	173
Lancashire	Found guilty	98	97	89
Merseyside	Proceeded against	75	88	134
Merseyside	Found guilty	49	45	58
Greater Manchester	Proceeded against	246	346	298
Greater Manchester	Found guilty	168	146	146
Cheshire	Proceeded against	71	88	85
Cheshire	Found guilty	47	47	44
Northumbria	Proceeded against	114	144	141
Northumbria	Found guilty	80	51	74
Durham	Proceeded against	53	61	69
Durham	Found guilty	28	29	27
North Yorkshire	Proceeded against	50	74	88
North Yorkshire	Found guilty	24	29	44
West Yorkshire	Proceeded against	135	193	306
West Yorkshire	Found guilty	94	107	139
South Yorkshire	Proceeded against	80	113	131
South Yorkshire	Found guilty	33	49	66
Humberside	Proceeded against	100	109	121
Humberside	Found guilty	62	57	61
Cleveland	Proceeded against	64	68	55
Cleveland	Found guilty	28	27	27
West Midlands	Proceeded against	188	202	262
West Midlands	Found guilty	105	104	96
Staffordshire	Proceeded against	62	92	88
Staffordshire	Found guilty	36	45	46
West Mercia	Proceeded against	87	115	158
West Mercia	Found guilty	59	57	69
Warwickshire	Proceeded against	31	33	54
Warwickshire	Found guilty	25	20	25
Derbyshire	Proceeded against	81	66	86
Derbyshire	Found guilty	48	38	46
Nottinghamshire	Proceeded against	71	46	78
Nottinghamshire	Found guilty	39	37	37
Lincolnshire	Proceeded against	42	54	49
Lincolnshire	Found guilty	30	30	26
Leicestershire	Proceeded against	64	84	86
Leicestershire	Found guilty	35	43	36
Northamptonshire	Proceeded against	43	56	70
Northamptonshire	Found guilty	31	30	32
Cambridgeshire	Proceeded against	42	69	60
Cambridgeshire	Found guilty	26	38	37
Norfolk	Proceeded against	50	69	87
Norfolk	Found guilty	41	43	36
Suffolk	Proceeded against	39	42	52
Suffolk	Found guilty	27	28	28
Bedfordshire	Proceeded against	25	34	33
Bedfordshire	Found guilty	13	9	20

Hertfordshire	Proceeded against	57	59	71
Hertfordshire	Found guilty	40	33	41
Essex	Proceeded against	55	91	123
Essex	Found guilty	40	37	59
Thames Valley	Proceeded against	130	184	230
Thames Valley	Found guilty	79	62	124
Hampshire	Proceeded against	169	171	152
Hampshire	Found guilty	82	78	61
Surrey	Proceeded against	56	81	59
Surrey	Found guilty	30	39	29
Kent	Proceeded against	121	115	155
Kent	Found guilty	65	68	68
Sussex	Proceeded against	117	127	122
Sussex	Found guilty	50	42	68
Devon and Cornwall	Proceeded against	98	94	131
Devon and Cornwall	Found guilty	58	61	64
Avon and Somerset	Proceeded against	112	139	137
Avon and Somerset	Found guilty	68	63	68
Gloucestershire	Proceeded against	26	31	29
Gloucestershire	Found guilty	21	25	20
Wiltshire	Proceeded against	62	68	61
Wiltshire	Found guilty	32	27	45
Dorset	Proceeded against	37	47	44
Dorset	Found guilty	22	19	20
North Wales	Proceeded against	62	95	81
North Wales	Found guilty	30	54	42
Gwent	Proceeded against	61	60	45
Gwent	Found guilty	34	21	32
South Wales	Proceeded against	100	134	123
South Wales	Found guilty	46	62	56
Dyfed-Powys	Proceeded against	32	36	52
Dyfed-Powys	Found guilty	22	19	23
England and Wales	Proceeded against	3,785	4,557	4,940
England and Wales	Found guilty	2,175	2,142	2,388

(1) Offences under SS1, 5 - 12, 15-19, 30 -41, 47-50 Sexual Offences Act 2003
(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(3) 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 large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
(4) London includes both the Metropolitan and City of London Police force areas. No results were returned from City of London Police Force area from 1 January 2012 onwards, as City of London Local Justice area was merged into other reporting areas.
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.
Ref: PQ 30375 & 30376

Offences against Children: Prosecutions

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