Cautions for Sexual Offences 2016 to 2021
Keywords
Sexual, Gender, Offences, Cautions, Age, Group, Offender, Issued, Suspects, Youth, Adult, Outcome, Abuse, Child, Assault, Grooming, Exposure, Voyeurism, Position, Trust, Rape, Female.
Publication Number
PUB 1289
FOI Reference Number
16226
Request Title
Cautions for Sexual Offences
Date Range
2016 to 2021
Information Requested
I would like to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. The number of cautions issued for sexual offences by the force in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
2. A breakdown of the cautions issued
- by sexual offence
- by gender of the offender
- by age of the offender
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full disclosure with Section 40(2) and Section 44(1) exemptions
Information Correct as at
26 October 2021
Date of Disclosure
02 November 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 16226 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, Essex Police can confirm in respect of Section 1(1)(b) the following data:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 26 October 2021.
The Outcome Type Dimension was applied as a filter to include all the Caution Type Options including Adult Cautions and Youth Cautions.
The Offence Group Dimension was selected as a filter to include the Sexual Offences Option only.
The distribution of Cautions by Offence Type is given for all Sexual Offences, those linked to suspects and those not linked to suspects.
The breakdown of Cautions by the offender’s gender and age group is only given for Sexual Offences linked to Suspects.
Date Period: 01 January 2016 to 24 October 2021.
A total of 131 Cautions were issued for all Sexual Offences by Essex Police between 01 January 2016 and 24 October 2021. The yearly breakdown of these Cautions by the Offence Type is shown in the below table:
|
Offence Type |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Abuse Of Position Of Trust Sexual |
2 |
2 |
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|
Exposure And Voyeurism |
2 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
25 |
|
Rape Of A Female Aged 16 And Over |
2 |
4 |
6 |
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|
Sexual Activity Child Under 13 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
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|
Sexual Activity Child Under 16 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
|
|
Sexual Assault On A F 13 Or Over |
9 |
17 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
41 |
|
Sexual Assault On A F Child Under 13 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
|
|
Sexual Assault On A M 13 And Over |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
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|
Sexual Grooming |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
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|
Total |
22 |
36 |
13 |
31 |
20 |
9 |
131 |
A total of 57 Cautions were issued for Sexual Offences linked to suspects by Essex Police between 01 January 2016 and 24 October 2021. The yearly breakdown of these Cautions by the offender’s gender is shown in the below table:
|
Year |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2016 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
2017 |
15 |
15 |
|
|
2018 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
2019 |
1 |
14 |
15 |
|
2020 |
8 |
8 |
|
|
2021 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
1 |
56 |
57 |
The yearly breakdown of these Cautions by the offender’s age group is shown in the below table:
|
Age Group of Offender |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 to 17 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
|
12 |
|
18 to 25 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
16 |
|
26 to 40 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
9 |
|
41 to 60 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
14 |
|
61 or over |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Total |
10 |
15 |
6 |
15 |
8 |
3 |
57 |
Essex Police will not provide any further breakdown or information as the exemptions under FOI Section 40(2) Personal Information and Section 44(1) information covered by Prohibitions on disclosure such as the Sexual Offences (amendment) act 1992 which provides anonymity to victims of sexual offences.
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
The Force Information Management Board chaired by the Deputy Chief Constable has oversight of the Force wide programme of work to improve the quality of Force data. This work has identified data quality leads in all key areas of the business including the Crime and Public Protection Command. Liaison between the Force Data Quality Team and the Crime and Public Protection Command lead for data quality will identify and resolve issues through a variety of mechanisms to ensure regular and appropriate supervisory oversight.