Human Trafficking Reports Recorded 2015-2021
Keywords
Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, People, Victims, Offenders, Gender, Reports, Charged, Outcome, Crimes, Non-Crimes, Exploitation, Sexual, Imprisonment, Kidnapping, Child, Travel
Publication Number
PUB 1181
FOI Reference Number
15416
Request Title
Human Trafficking
Date Range
2015 - 2021
Information Requested
For each year, starting from 2015 to the present day, how many reports of human trafficking have you recorded?
For each report that was recorded how many people were recorded as victims in each case?
If it has been documented, the gender of the victims per report.
For each report that was recorded how many offenders were charged as a result each year?
If it has been documented, the gender of the offenders that were charged per report.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure with Section 40(2) Personal Information Exemption
Information Correct as at
12 April 2021
Date of Disclosure
05 May 2021
Related Documents/Links
https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/accessing-information/published-items/?q=slavery
Children that had missing episodes and flagged as being at risk of sexual exploitation
FOI 15416 Response
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Caveats
Data
The data is correct as at 12 April 2021 and the figures include both crime and non-crimes.
Human Trafficking Defined
Full Offence Title = Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, Arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child: Child 13 - 17, Arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child: Child under 13, Attempted - Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, Attempted - Arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child: Child 13 - 17, Attempted - Commit offence of kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of arranging travel with view to exploitation, Commit offence of kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of arranging travel with view to exploitation, Commit offence other than kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of arranging travel with view to exploitation, Intentionally arrange/facilitate travel of a person within the UK/another country with a view to their sexual exploitation, Non Crime Investigation – Human Trafficking, Trafficking people into the UK for the purpose of exploitation, Trafficking people within the UK for the purpose of exploitation.
Dates
From 01 April 2015 to 31 March 2021 - fiscal years from 2015/16 to 2020/2021.
Charged = Outcome Type = Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition.
For each year, starting from 2015 to the present day, how many reports of human trafficking have you recorded?
|
Year |
April 2015 to March 2016 |
April 2016 to March 2017 |
April 2017 to March 2018 |
April 2018 to March 2019 |
April 2019 to March 2020 |
April 2020 to March 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Human Trafficking Offences Recorded |
13 |
32 |
113 |
141 |
50 |
52 |
For each report that was recorded how many people were recorded as victims in each case? If it has been documented, the gender of the victims per report.
|
Year |
Total Victims |
No Victim Recorded |
Male |
Female |
No Gender Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2015/2016 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
|
2016/2017 |
26 |
6 |
16 |
10 |
0 |
|
2017/2018 |
91 |
22 |
27 |
62 |
2 |
|
2018/2019 |
107 |
35 |
54 |
51 |
2 |
|
2019/2020 |
40 |
10 |
17 |
23 |
0 |
|
2020/2021 |
44 |
9 |
25 |
18 |
1 |
For each report that was recorded how many offenders were charged as a result each year? If it has been documented, the gender of the offenders that were charged per report.
14 offences across the 6 years have a charged outcome.
|
Year |
Total Offenders Charged |
Male |
|---|---|---|
|
2015/2016 |
2 |
2 |
|
2017/2018 |
5 |
5 |
|
2019/2020 |
1 |
1 |
|
2020/2021 |
6 |
6 |
No further information will be provided by virtue of the following exemption:
Section 40(2) Personal Information
Providing a further breakdown in relation to the number of human trafficking reports may allow individuals to be identified.
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The below context has been provided by the Serious Crime Command:
‘I understand the low charge rate for MSHT offences but this is a national issue and is something being addressed at this time through national forums. This of course only takes into account the MSHT charges and does not show when other charges are laid, namely prostitution offences, drugs offences or assaults etc.’
You may also find the below of interest:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
Please note that the above link is the final report in this format. This report was transferred to the new Home Office Single Competent Authority as at April 2019 as part of National Referral Mechanism Reform Programme and data is now designated as official statistics and produced in line with the Code of Practice for statistics. The National Referral Mechanism is the framework by which potential victims of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery are identified and supported.