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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 228826
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 13th February 2023. Please find below the response to your request:
Please could you supply the following information regarding complaints of rape and other sexual offences alleged to have occurred in hospitals within your territory for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Specifically, allegations of
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Home Office offence grouping |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
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RAPE |
4 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
4 |
13 |
29 |
14 |
60 |
|
Grand Total |
8 |
14 |
34 |
16 |
72 |
|
Male victims |
|
Grand Total |
|
2021 |
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|
RAPE |
1 |
1 |
|
Patient |
|
|
|
Patient area |
1 |
1 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
4 |
4 |
|
Patient |
|
|
|
Patient area |
3 |
3 |
|
Staff |
|
|
|
Patient area |
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
5 |
5 |
|
Female victims |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
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|
RAPE |
4 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
|
Patient |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patient area |
3 |
|
|
2 |
5 |
|
Not recorded |
1 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
Staff |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patient area |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES |
4 |
13 |
25 |
14 |
56 |
|
Patient |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patient area |
|
8 |
9 |
4 |
21 |
|
Public area (hospital grounds outside) |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Not recorded |
1 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
11 |
|
Staff |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patient area |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
|
Staff area |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
Public area (hospital grounds outside) |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Not recorded |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
Grand Total |
8 |
14 |
29 |
16 |
67 |
Caveat: The crime recording system does not record in a specific field the various areas of a hospital (patient/staff/student) but may be included in the Incident Summary, where it has been noted it has been included.