Sexual Offences - Victim Under 18 / Familial Relationship 2017-2020

Keywords

Sexual, Offences, Under 18, Familial, Relationship, Suspect, Sibling, Parent, Intrafamilial, Victim, Offender, Age, Rape, Mother, Father, Gender,

Publication Number

PUB 1446

FOI Reference Number

16029

Request Title

Sexual Offences - Victim Under 18 / Familial Relationship 2017-202

Date Range

2017 to 2020

Information Requested

For the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 can I have figures broken down by year regarding sexual offences where the victim was under 18. And any information on the Familial relationship.

Where recorded can I have I similar breakdown of those offences where the suspect was recorded as a sibling, and separately for where the suspect was recorded as a parent.

Breakdown of the request into separate questions:

For each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020:

How many incidents of intrafamilial sexual offences where the victim was under 18 have been recorded?

Including a breakdown of:

The age of both the victim and offender

The type of sexual offence (i.e. rape and other sexual offences)

The familial relationship between the victim and offender

The gender of both the victim and offender

How many of these incidents recorded the offender as a parent (where the victim was under 18)

Including a breakdown of:

The age of both the victim and offender

The type of sexual offence (i.e. rape and other sexual offences)

The familial relationship between the victim and offender (mother/father)

The gender of both the victim and offender

How many of these incidents recorded the offender as a sibling (where both the victim and offender were under 18)?

Including a breakdown of:

The age of both the victim and offender

The type of sexual offence (i.e. rape and other sexual offences)

The familial relationship between the victim and offender (sister/brother)

The gender of both the victim and offender

Disclosure with Exemptions

Full Disclosure

Information Correct as at

07 September 2021

Date of Disclosure

05 April 2022

Related Documents/Links

Sexual Offences 

FOI 16029 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 07 September 2021.

Date Range:  The data is between 01 January 2017 and 31 December 2020, broken down by years.

Date:  The data is for all Sexual Offence Crimes (Rape and Other Sexual Offences), where the victim is under 18 years of age, then:

Question 1 is the above, but for all ‘Familial’ suspect to victim relationship only.

Question 2 is where this has been narrowed down to ‘Parental’ suspect to victim relationship only.

Question 3 is where there is a ‘Sibling’ (Brother / Sister) suspect to victim relationship and the suspect is also under 18 years of age.

For the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 can I have figures broken down by year regarding sexual offences where the victim was under 18.

The below table represents the number of all Sexual Offence Crimes (Rape and Other Sexual Offences) which were recorded from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2020 and where the victim was under 18 years of age.

Year	Count of CRN
2017	1786
2018	2039
2019	2243
2020	2136
Grand Total	8204

 

1.  How many incidents of Intrafamilial Sexual Offences where the victim was under 18 have been recorded?

The below tables represent the number of all Sexual Offence Crimes (Rape and Other Sexual Offences) which were recorded from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2020, where the victim was under 18 years of age and the suspect to victim relationship was 'Familial'.

Age of Victim

Victim Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
0	9	18	15	17	59
1	3	6	4	7	20
2	10	9	16	19	54
3	28	27	22	39	116
4	37	31	47	36	151
5	45	39	49	47	180
6	28	41	30	41	140
7	41	36	40	31	148
8	31	27	30	24	112
9	23	26	34	31	114
10	16	28	25	35	104
11	17	13	26	38	94
12	19	22	31	30	102
13	21	24	24	18	87
14	21	23	21	20	85
15	13	14	18	15	60
16	9	4	12	13	38
17	5	6	8	9	28
Grand Total	376	394	452	470	1692

Age of Suspect

Suspect Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
0		3	2	5	10
2			1		1
3	1	1	2	2	6
4		4	3	2	9
5	4	6	6	6	22
6	4	3	3	8	18
7	13	8	8	3	32
8	5	11	6	7	29
9	11	8	6	9	34
10	16	6	11	15	48
11	15	12	17	18	62
12	17	28	23	13	81
13	18	21	22	22	83
14	18	16	16	19	69
15	8	8	10	10	36
16	5	3	10	14	32
17	4	7	9	8	28
18	6	1	3	5	15
19	6	4	5	3	18
20	7	6	4	10	27
21	2	1	10	1	14
22	5	5	6	3	19
23	3	3	8	3	17
24	5	6	7	6	24
25	2	6	6	8	22
26	8	9	9	7	33
27	4	6	6	7	23
28	7	7	7	15	36
29	7	6	7	7	27
30	10	8	16	13	47
31	7	13	13	19	52
32	9	5	7	10	31
33	12	7	9	10	38
34	8	14	7	14	43
35	6	6	15	9	36
36	5	9	13	12	39
37	6	11	7	10	34
38	5	13	8	8	34
39	3	7	9	9	28
40	6	9	4	11	30
41	9	5	7	5	26
42	5	5	5	6	21
43	6	8	10	9	33
44	4	3	5	9	21
45	5	3	11	2	21
46	4	6	7	3	20
47	7	5	7	8	27
48	2	8	4	5	19
49	4	1	3	4	12
50	3	3	5	4	15
51	2	4	5	2	13
52	3	2	8	2	15
53	2	4	3	5	14
54	3	2	7	1	13
55	7	2	2	4	15
56	1		4	3	8
57	1		3	3	7
58	2		2	1	5
59	4	1	1	1	7
60	4	1		1	6
61	2	2	2	2	8
62	3	5	2	3	13
63	1	1			2
64	1	2		3	6
65	2	2	1	2	7
66		3		3	6
68				2	2
69			1		1
70			1	2	3
71	1	1	2	1	5
72	2	4	1	3	10
73	3	3	1	3	10
74	1			2	3
75			1		1
76				4	4
77		1			1
79	2				2
83	1			1	2
88	1				1
Grand Total	376	394	452	470	1692

Offence Type

Offence Sub Sub Group	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
ABUSE OF CHILDREN THROUGH SEXUAL EXPLOIT	1				1
ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST SEXUAL		1	2	1	4
CAUSING SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT CONSENT		1		3	4
EXPOSURE AND VOYEURISM	2	2		7	11
INCEST OR FAMILIAL SEXUAL OFFENCES	18	24	36	28	106
RAPE OF A FEMALE AGED 16 AND OVER	9	3	7	4	23
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 13	88	60	68	78	294
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 16	16	16	26	29	87
RAPE OF A MALE AGED 16 AND OVER			1		1
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 13	20	27	26	29	102
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 16	2	3	6	3	14
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 13	56	63	33	50	202
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 16	6	9	20	22	57
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F 13 OR OVER	31	40	46	44	161
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F CHILD UNDER 13	104	109	123	139	475
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M 13 AND OVER	4	5	3	3	15
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M CHILD UNDER 13	18	30	52	30	130
SEXUAL GROOMING	1	1	3		5
Grand Total	376	394	452	470	1692

Familial Relationship - Suspect to Victim

Suspect to Victim Relationship	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
AUNT	1	2	3	2	8
BROTHER	89	89	90	96	364
BROTHER IN LAW	6	5	9	4	24
COUSIN	31	34	39	37	141
DAUGHTER		2	1		3
EX FOSTER PARENT		4	1	2	7
FATHER	74	102	112	113	401
FOSTER PARENT	6	1	2	3	12
GRANDPARENT	30	24	24	49	127
GREAT GRANDPARENT		1	1		2
MOTHER	6	6	24	22	58
NEPHEW		1	1		2
RELATIVE – OTHER	18	12	12	16	58
SISTER	14	9	17	14	54
SISTER IN LAW		1		1	2
SON		3			3
STEP DAUGHTER			2	1	3
STEP PARENT	66	64	76	74	280
STEP SON				1	1
UNCLE	35	34	38	35	142
Grand Total	376	394	452	470	1692

Gender of Victim

Victim Gender	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
Female	300	301	333	366	1300
Male	69	87	109	94	359
Unspecified			1		1
Not Recorded	7	6	9	10	32
Grand Total	376	394	452	470	1692

Gender of Suspect

Suspect Gender	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
Female	28	25	50	47	150
Male	346	364	393	413	1516
Not Recorded	2	5	9	10	26
Grand Total	376	394	452	470	1692

 

2.  How many of these incidents recorded the offender as a parent (where the victim was under 18)

The below tables represent the number of all Sexual Offence Crimes (Rape and Other Sexual Offences) which were recorded from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2020, where the victim was under 18 years of age and the suspect was a Parent (Mother, Father and Step Parent).

Age of Victim

Victim Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
0	7	7	9	15	38
1	2	4	2	4	12
2	4	4	11	10	29
3	11	9	11	18	49
4	13	12	24	17	66
5	16	23	20	21	80
6	9	14	11	17	51
7	7	12	15	11	45
8	12	9	11	8	40
9	8	13	16	11	48
10	5	10	14	11	40
11	7	5	12	17	41
12	11	11	17	14	53
13	12	11	10	9	42
14	9	11	10	11	41
15	6	10	6	7	29
16	5	3	9	6	23
17	2	4	4	2	12
Grand Total	146	172	212	209	739

Age of Suspect

Suspect Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
0			1		1
3				1	1
6				1	1
14	1				1
16			1	1	2
18	1		3		4
19		1		1	2
20	2	2			4
21	2	1	4		7
22	2	1	4	2	9
23	3	3	4	2	12
24	3	2	5	5	15
25	2	5	3	4	14
26	7	6	6	7	26
27	4	6	5	5	20
28	6	5	7	13	31
29	5	4	6	5	20
30	9	7	14	12	42
31	5	10	11	15	41
32	8	4	5	10	27
33	10	7	8	8	33
34	6	12	7	11	36
35	4	6	11	9	30
36	3	7	11	12	33
37	6	10	6	9	31
38	4	12	7	7	30
39	2	7	6	8	23
40	2	8	4	7	21
41	6	4	6	5	21
42	4	4	5	6	19
43	6	6	10	7	29
44	4	3	5	7	19
45	4	3	8	1	16
46	4	2	5	3	14
47	6	4	6	5	21
48	1	7	3	3	14
49	1	1	3	4	9
50	2	2	2	2	8
51	1	3	3	2	9
52			4	1	5
53	1	2	2	4	9
54	2	1	4		7
55	2	1	1		4
56	1		3	2	6
57				2	2
58			1		1
59		1			1
62	1	1	1		3
63	1				1
66		1			1
71	1				1
72	1				1
73			1		1
Grand Total	146	172	212	209	739

Offence Type

Offence Sub Sub Group	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
ABUSE OF CHILDREN THROUGH SEXUAL EXPLOIT	1				1
ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST SEXUAL			1	1	2
CAUSING SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT CONSENT		1		2	3
EXPOSURE AND VOYEURISM	2	1		4	7
INCEST OR FAMILIAL SEXUAL OFFENCES	8	13	18	13	52
RAPE OF A FEMALE AGED 16 AND OVER	5	3	5	1	14
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 13	36	21	26	35	118
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 16	9	9	12	12	42
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 13	5	4	7	6	22
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 16		3			3
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 13	9	12	11	16	48
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 16	3	4	12	13	32
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F 13 OR OVER	12	17	22	25	76
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F CHILD UNDER 13	48	60	68	58	234
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M 13 AND OVER	1	2	2	2	7
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M CHILD UNDER 13	7	22	27	21	77
SEXUAL GROOMING			1		1
Grand Total	146	172	212	209	739

Familial Relationship - Suspect to Victim

Suspect to Victim Relationship	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
FATHER	74	102	112	113	401
MOTHER	6	6	24	22	58
STEP PARENT	66	64	76	74	280
Grand Total	146	172	212	209	739

Gender of Victim

Victim Gender	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
Female	121	130	161	158	570
Male	22	41	48	46	157
Not Recorded	3	1	3	5	12
Grand Total	146	172	212	209	739

Gender of Suspect

Suspect Gender	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
Female	6	7	24	26	63
Male	139	164	185	178	666
Not Recorded	1	1	3	5	10
Grand Total	146	172	212	209	739

 

3.  How many of these incidents recorded the offender as a sibling (where both the victim and offender were under 18)?

The below tables represent the number of all Sexual Offence Crimes (Rape and Other Sexual Offences) which were recorded from 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2020, where the victim was under 18 years of age and the suspect was a Sibling (Brother and Sister) also under 18 years of age.

Age of Victim

Victim Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
0	2	6	4	1	13
1			1	1	2
2	4	3	2	6	15
3	10	11	5	4	30
4	10	8	11	10	39
5	18	9	15	11	53
6	10	11	6	11	38
7	12	11	12	10	45
8	6	8	11	7	32
9	7	7	6	10	30
10	7	10	6	13	36
11	3	3	7	6	19
12	2	4	2	2	10
13	2	1	6	1	10
14	1	2	2	3	8
15	1		3	3	7
17	1			1	2
Grand Total	96	94	99	100	389

Age of Suspect

Suspect Age	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
0		2		2	4
2			1		1
3		1	2	1	4
4		2	2	2	6
5	2	5	6	5	18
6	3	1	3	5	12
7	11	6	7	2	26
8	3	7	4	6	20
9	9	7	3	6	25
10	11	4	8	11	34
11	12	8	10	12	42
12	9	18	18	11	56
13	14	14	9	11	48
14	13	12	11	11	47
15	4	4	6	4	18
16	4		5	7	16
17	1	3	4	4	12
Grand Total	96	94	99	100	389

Offence Type

Offence Sub Sub Group	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
INCEST OR FAMILIAL SEXUAL OFFENCES	5	7	9	4	25
RAPE OF A FEMALE AGED 16 AND OVER			2		2
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 13	33	20	23	20	96
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 16	2	2	5	9	18
RAPE OF A MALE AGED 16 AND OVER			1		1
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 13	10	10	6	10	36
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 16			1	2	3
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 13	30	32	10	24	96
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 16	1		2	2	5
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F 13 OR OVER	1	5	6	3	15
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F CHILD UNDER 13	11	15	21	23	70
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M 13 AND OVER	2			1	3
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M CHILD UNDER 13	1	3	13	2	19
Grand Total	96	94	99	100	389

Familial Relationship - Suspect to Victim

Suspect to Victim Relationship	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
BROTHER	82	85	83	86	336
SISTER	14	9	16	14	53
Grand Total	96	94	99	100	389

Gender of Victim

Victim Gender	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
Female	73	73	72	76	294
Male	21	19	24	22	86
Not Recorded	2	2	3	2	9
Grand Total	96	94	99	100	389

Gender of Suspect

Suspect Gender	2017	2018	2019	2020	Count of CRN
Female	13	9	14	12	48
Male	82	83	84	84	333
Not Recorded	1	2	1	4	8
Grand Total	96	94	99	100	389

 

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.

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You may also find the below link of interest:

Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)