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Date Rape; Drink; Lacing; Inject; Needle; Spiking; Drugged;
PUB 1327
Please note that this information is correct as at 05/11/2021and may be subject to change. Essex Police aim to review and update this publication 01/05/2022.
As with all publications of information by Essex Police, please note caveats may apply regarding the accuracy of data.
Drink & Injection Spiking Offences 2010 to 2021
01/01/2010 to 31/10/2021
PUB 1325 Spiking Reports 2018 to 2021 & Toxicology Screening Incl Guidelines;
PUB 1326 Injection & Drink Spiking - 01092021 to 31102021.
Drink Spiking / Lacing & Injection Spiking / Needle Incidents from 2010 to 11 October 2021. The dataset includes Home Office Offence Codes; Year; Month; Victim Gender; Suspect Gender; Victim Age & Suspect Age at Time of Incident and Outcome Type Fields;
Essex Police utilise the crime recording system Athena which came into Force in April 2015. Full year data from 2016 has therefore been suppled in the tables and narrative below.
The age of the youngest victim:
Please note there are data quality issues with the age field which is a calculation of the DOB and the offence committed date which can sometimes result in a minus age.
However, data has revealed that the age of the youngest victim is recorded as Under 16
In respect of the above data, the results have been provided as a result of keyword search, please note, any keyword search may not be entirely accurate as results are based on the terminology used within the investigation report therefore any results will include the possibility of inaccurate and misleading data.
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.
Arrest Data:
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/staying-safe-while-drinking/drink-spiking-and-date-rape-drugs
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/sexual-health/help-after-rape-and-sexual-assault/
In an effort to assist, the data in respect of convictions are held by the courts, recorded by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS). You may wish to approach them directly. The below link maybe of interest:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service
Caveat: The data is correct as at 05/11/2021.
A data search has been conducted to search for all reports with an initial MO containing any of the following words within the text ‘DATE RAPE’ AND ‘NEEDLE’ OR ‘DATE RAPE’ AND ‘INJECT’ OR ‘SPIKE’ AND ‘NEEDLE’ OR ‘SPIKE’ AND ‘INJECT’ and this yielded:
Table of reported offences:
Home Office Classification |
Short Title |
---|---|
005/05 |
Attempted - Using chloroform etc to commit indictable offence (Indictable) |
005/05 |
Using chloroform etc to commit indictable offence (Indictable) |
005/10 |
Administering poison so as to endanger life (Indictable) |
005/10 |
Attempted - Administering poison so as to endanger life (Indictable) |
005/24 |
Attempted - Endangering Life - Use of noxious substances or things to cause harm and intimidate |
005/24 |
Endangering Life - Use of noxious substances or things to cause harm and intimidate |
008/02 |
Administer poison/noxious thing to injure/annoy (Indictable) |
008/02 |
Attempted - Administer poison/noxious thing to injure/annoy (Indictable) |
024/12 |
Man Party to /Procure Indecency between Man 21 or over & Man under 18 |
088/05 |
Administering a substance with intent |
088/05 |
Attempted - Administering a substance with intent |
The data on drink spiking offences is contained within the two following tables by year and then by month from 2016 – there is a data quality issue on the comparison of Monthly reporting for Yearly in 2017 and 2018 as the recording during that period may have recorded cases of multiple victims and / or suspects on different dates.
Created Year |
Count |
---|---|
2016 |
60 |
2017 |
102 |
2018 |
171 |
2019 |
190 |
2020 |
149 |
To 31/10/2021 |
213 |
Grand Total |
885 |
Jan-16 |
7 |
---|---|
Feb-16 |
3 |
Mar-16 |
5 |
Apr-16 |
6 |
May-16 |
5 |
Jun-16 |
7 |
Jul-16 |
2 |
Aug-16 |
8 |
Sep-16 |
4 |
Oct-16 |
3 |
Nov-16 |
7 |
Dec-16 |
3 |
Jan-17 |
7 |
Feb-17 |
4 |
Mar-17 |
7 |
Apr-17 |
14 |
May-17 |
7 |
Jun-17 |
4 |
Jul-17 |
15 |
Aug-17 |
11 |
Sep-17 |
4 |
Oct-17 |
10 |
Nov-17 |
5 |
Dec-17 |
14 |
Jan-18 |
11 |
Feb-18 |
13 |
Mar-18 |
16 |
Apr-18 |
8 |
May-18 |
17 |
Jun-18 |
17 |
Jul-18 |
16 |
Aug-18 |
14 |
Sep-18 |
12 |
Oct-18 |
10 |
Nov-18 |
14 |
Dec-18 |
23 |
Jan-19 |
13 |
Feb-19 |
12 |
Mar-19 |
13 |
Apr-19 |
18 |
May-19 |
22 |
Jun-19 |
11 |
Jul-19 |
18 |
Aug-19 |
25 |
Sep-19 |
18 |
Oct-19 |
11 |
Nov-19 |
11 |
Dec-19 |
18 |
Jan-20 |
12 |
Feb-20 |
12 |
Mar-20 |
12 |
Apr-20 |
10 |
May-20 |
6 |
Jun-20 |
17 |
Jul-20 |
20 |
Aug-20 |
12 |
Sep-20 |
16 |
Oct-20 |
12 |
Nov-20 |
15 |
Dec-20 |
5 |
Jan-21 |
8 |
Feb-21 |
7 |
Mar-21 |
15 |
Apr-21 |
21 |
May-21 |
21 |
Jun-21 |
15 |
Jul-21 |
23 |
Aug-21 |
21 |
Sep-21 |
38 |
Oct-21 |
44 |
The following tables set out Victim Age and Suspect Age:
NOTE - Total victims and suspects will NOT match the total volume of crime reports as reports can contain multiple suspects and there are data quality issues with the age field which is a calculation of the DOB and the offence committed date which can sometimes result in a minus age
Victim Age
Created Year |
Under 16 |
16-17 |
18 and Over |
---|---|---|---|
2016 |
1 |
1 |
55 |
2017 |
7 |
3 |
86 |
2018 |
9 |
10 |
141 |
2019 |
14 |
4 |
160 |
2020 |
16 |
5 |
121 |
2021 |
21 |
8 |
173 |
Suspect Age
Created Year |
Under 16 |
16-17 |
18 and Over |
---|---|---|---|
2016 |
|
|
29 |
2017 |
2 |
8 |
35 |
2018 |
4 |
2 |
54 |
2019 |
3 |
5 |
48 |
2020 |
7 |
3 |
58 |
2021 |
7 |
5 |
58 |
The following tables set out Victim Gender and Suspect Gender:
NOTE - Total victims and suspects will NOT match the total volume of crime reports as reports can contain multiple suspects and there are data quality issues with the age field which is a calculation of the DOB and the offence committed date which can sometimes result in a minus age
Victim Gender
Gender |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female |
41 |
60 |
109 |
131 |
96 |
154 |
Male |
14 |
36 |
50 |
45 |
46 |
46 |
Suspect Gender
Gender |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female |
10 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
10 |
Male |
19 |
34 |
46 |
41 |
54 |
60 |
The following table contains Outcome data, as it is not possible to identify exact Arrest data related to a spiking incident:
Outcome |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Grand Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active Investigation |
|
|
|
|
|
48 |
48 |
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
3 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
|
20 |
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
|
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
Type 3 - Caution Adult |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime) |
|
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute |
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
3 |
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
5 |
17 |
30 |
28 |
31 |
50 |
161 |
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
17 |
12 |
27 |
25 |
25 |
19 |
125 |
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
3 |
15 |
22 |
33 |
28 |
23 |
124 |
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
30 |
46 |
81 |
100 |
52 |
67 |
376 |
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
Type 21 - Further investigation resulting from crime report which could provide evidence sufficient to support formal action against the suspect is not in the public interest - police decision. |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action. |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
Grand Total |
59 |
102 |
171 |
190 |
149 |
213 |
884 |