Indecent Exposure - HO 088_09 – Incidents by Gender last 5 Years

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Information Request

I'm writing to request data on cases of indecent exposure handled by your force in recent years.

1. Please could you provide a yearly breakdown on the number of incidences from the last 5 years.

1 a Please can you identify what gender identify the perpetrators and/or the victims are.

2 Please could you also provide the size of the population that you serve- so that we will be able to put it in per capita statistics.

 

FOI Duty

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.

Second Duty – See below

Fact – See below

Exemption – Not applicable

 

Essex Police can report as follows:

 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 23 March 2023

 

Notes:

- To identify Exposure offences the Home Office Classification code 088/09 – Exposure was used.

- The offence data is a count of all offences. The totals will not add up to the same as the victim or suspect totals as not all crimes had a victim/suspect recorded.

 

1. Please could you provide a yearly breakdown on the number of incidences from the last 5 years.

Number of recorded exposure offences by fiscal year

Grand Total	532
Fiscal Year	Exposure Offences
2021/2022	268
2022/Feb 2023	264

 

1 a Please can you identify what gender identify the perpetrators and/or the victims are.

Number of victims of exposure offences by fiscal year and gender

Grand Total	426	84	22
Fiscal Year	Female	Male	Not Recorded
2021/2022	229	30	9
2022/Feb 2023	197	54	13

 

Number of exposure offence suspects by fiscal year and gender

Grand Total	22	323	3
Fiscal Year	Female	Male	Not Recorded
2021/2022	7	160	0
2022/Feb 2023	15	163	3

 

2 Please could you also provide the size of the population that you serve- so that we will be able to put it in per capita statistics.

Essex Police do not routinely publish demographic data, you may wish to consult external sources on Demographics.

 

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