Sexual Offences Committed at Schools
Keywords
Sexual Offences, Rape, School, College, Academy
Publication number
1108
FOI reference number
14958, 15194
Request title
Sexual Offences Committed at Schools
Date range
2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20
2018-2020
Information requested
FOI 14958
How many sexual offences were recorded by your police department at schools, in the last three academic years?
- For these alleged offences, please could you let me know the ages of victims, in the last three academic years?
- How many of the suspects of these alleged offences were under 18, in the last three academic years?
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police and in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request. Under Section 1(1)(b) the below/attached has been provided in relation to your FOI.
Please note:
- We searched upon all Sexual Offences recorded between 01/09/2017 and 31/08/2020 whereby the ‘Location Premises Name’ contained any of the following words:
“SCHOOL”
“COLLEGE”
“ACADEMY”
- The academic years have been calculated as 12 months to the end of August.
- Ages have been calculated using recorded Dates of Birth and the offence Committed Dates.
Sexual offences recorded by Essex Police whereby the words "SCHOOL", "COLLEGE" or "ACADEMY" were within the 'Location Premises name' in the past 3 academic years (12 months to end of Aug)
|
Academic Year |
Count of crimes |
|---|---|
|
2017/18 |
147 |
|
2018/19 |
189 |
|
2019/20 |
157 |
|
Grand Total |
493 |
2. Age of victims of the above offences
|
Years of age |
Count of victims |
|---|---|
|
0 |
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
4 |
20 |
|
5 |
25 |
|
6 |
10 |
|
7 |
13 |
|
8 |
13 |
|
9 |
8 |
|
10 |
26 |
|
11 |
24 |
|
12 |
55 |
|
13 |
81 |
|
14 |
93 |
|
15 |
48 |
|
16 |
22 |
|
17 |
6 |
|
18 |
4 |
|
19 |
2 |
|
20 |
3 |
|
21 |
3 |
|
25 |
1 |
|
27 |
1 |
|
33 |
2 |
|
35 |
1 |
|
36 |
1 |
|
43 |
1 |
|
47 |
2 |
|
51 |
1 |
|
55 |
1 |
Volume of suspects under the age of 18 by academic year (12m to end of Aug)
|
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Under 18 Suspects |
105 |
111 |
106 |
322 |
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.
Essex Police trusts that the information provided is of assistance. Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.
Information reuqested
FOI 15194
In the last three years how many sexual offences were reported to you as having been committed at schools?
How many of were for the offence of rape?
How many were for the offence of sexual assault?
Disclosure with exemptions
n/a
Information correct as at
26.11.20
Date of disclosure
30.4.21
Related documents
FOI 15194 response
Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference.
Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of FOIA requires that we provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
In respect of your enquiry:
In the last three years how many sexual offences were reported to you as having been committed at schools?
How many of were for the offence of rape?
How many were for the offence of sexual assault?
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police and in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request. Under Section 1(1)(b) the below has been provided in relation to your FOI. Data is correct as at 26.11.20.
Please note:
- We searched upon all Sexual Offences recorded whereby the ‘Location Premises Name’ contained any of the following words:
“SCHOOL”
“COLLEGE”
“ACADEMY”
|
Offence Type |
Count |
|---|---|
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
441 |
|
RAPE |
59 |
|
Grand Total |
500 |
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete however not all educational establishments will have the keywords in the title therefore the data may not all include all offences.
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.
Essex Police trusts that the information provided is of assistance. Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.
Kind regards,