FOI 416335

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 416335

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19^th June 2025. Please find below the response to your request:

I am conducting a comprehensive analysis of sexual offences. To facilitate this, I kindly request detailed police-recorded data on all sexual offences for the most recent 12-month period, if available, for the most recent full reporting year, and the last 10 years.

Offence categories – e.g., rape, sexual assault (by penetration), sexual assault (non‑penetrative), grooming, online sexual crimes, etc.

Geographic breakdown – by policing divisions or lower (e.g., county, borough, LPA).

Victim and perpetrator demographics:

◦ Age group (e.g., 0–10, 11–17, 18–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60 +).

◦ Gender.

◦ Race and self-defined ethnicity (including subcategories, e.g., British‑Pakistani, White‑British, etc.).

◦ Nationality (specify if naturalised; where available, indicate country of birth).

Relationship between perpetrator and victim (e.g., family member, acquaintance, stranger, partner, authority figure).

Location of incident (e.g., home, public space, school, online).

Offender criminal history (e.g., first-time offender or previous convictions).

Optional: Outcome of the case (e.g., charge, conviction, no further action).

I understand that some categories may not be recorded or complete breakdowns may not be available. If this is the case, please specify what is available and advise on recommended routes for missing data (e.g., MoJ, NCA, CPS).

Reply

West Mercia Police holds some of the requested information.

Please note that data is only available for the last 6 years.

Offence categories – e.g., rape, sexual assault (by penetration), sexual assault (non‑penetrative), grooming, online sexual crimes, etc.

Primary Offence Sub Group of all offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
ABUSE OF CHILDREN THROUGH SEXUAL EXPLOIT	26	24	29	16	26	23	144
ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST SEXUAL	7	8	4	9	7	4	39
CAUSING SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT CONSENT	23	20	27	19	26	27	142
EXPOSURE AND VOYEURISM	156	173	190	199	184	211	1113
INCEST OR FAMILIAL SEXUAL OFFENCES	5	7	9	9	4	5	39
OTHER MISC SEXUAL OFFENCES	6	4	19	17	30	242	318
RAPE OF A FEMALE AGED 16 AND OVER	783	741	895	946	836	825	5026
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 13	115	125	159	129	110	101	739
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 16	182	177	237	219	152	142	1109
RAPE OF A MALE AGED 16 AND OVER	58	43	74	67	51	50	343
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 13	67	52	61	58	47	50	335
RAPE OF A MALE CHILD UNDER 16	19	14	13	24	10	22	102
SEX ACTIV WITH A PER MENTAL DISORD	6	7	10	4	1	7	35
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 13	284	248	311	253	175	166	1437
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 16	494	383	425	439	389	311	2441
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F 13 OR OVER	667	631	999	1011	872	941	5121
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F CHILD UNDER 13	221	207	242	244	271	259	1444
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M 13 AND OVER	110	81	136	173	131	147	778
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M CHILD UNDER 13	74	75	77	90	97	87	500
SEXUAL GROOMING	91	87	94	108	85	103	568
UNNATURAL SEXUAL OFFENCES		1	1	1	2	2	7
Rape - Multiple Offenders	12	11	14	22	12	15	86
Grand Total	3406	3119	4026	4057	3518	3740	21866

Geographic breakdown – by policing divisions or lower (e.g., county, borough, LPA).

Caveat: There are some crimes that do not have a linked LPA, this may be because the address is new on our system and therefore not yet linked to a LPA or may because the crime occurred within another force area but recorded by us for investigation purposes.

Local Policing Area of all offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
PAC - South Worcestershire	822	703	950	979	797	925	5176
PAD - North Worcestershire	701	651	870	872	681	809	4584
PAE - Herefordshire	476	473	646	626	568	553	3342
PAF - Shropshire	711	645	825	793	750	756	4480
PAG - Telford	678	623	698	760	702	674	4135
Not linked	18	24	37	27	20	23	149
Grand Total	3406	3119	4026	4057	3518	3740	21866

Victim and perpetrator demographics:

Caveat: Some investigations may have multiple suspects, multiple victims or indeed no suspects and/or no victims. Therefore, the totals do not match. For the purposes of the demographic data each person will be counted once for each investigation that they have been linked to as either a suspect or victim.

◦ Age group (e.g., 0–10, 11–17, 18–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60 +).

Age Range of victims linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
0-10	239	215	195	247	258	195	1349
11 to 17	1310	1036	1355	1498	1277	1219	7695
18 to 29	765	833	913	988	808	860	5167
30 to 39	438	426	507	504	490	532	2897
40 to 49	287	293	286	322	320	331	1839
50 to 59	192	168	210	184	215	182	1151
60 +	93	82	97	124	97	130	623
Unknown		1		1	1	1	4
Grand Total	3324	3054	3563	3868	3466	3450	20725

Age Range of suspects linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
0-10	55	50	58	63	72	52	350
11 to 17	541	416	756	748	677	665	3803
18 to 29	655	623	695	681	565	677	3896
30 to 39	410	459	561	575	609	582	3196
40 to 49	337	313	403	363	328	408	2152
50 to 59	267	243	296	285	266	265	1622
60 +	250	232	267	284	273	294	1600
Unknown	1	2	1		1	1	6
Grand Total	2516	2338	3037	2999	2791	2944	16625

◦ Gender.

Gender of victims linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
Female	2703	2538	2974	3237	2866	2772	17090
Male	556	483	554	594	555	603	3345
Not recorded	65	33	35	37	45	75	233
Grand Total	3324	3054	3563	3868	3466	3450	20725

Gender of Suspects linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
Female	177	188	236	247	273	282	1403
Male	2322	2131	2788	2729	2490	2629	15089
Not recorded	17	19	13	23	28	33	105
Grand Total	2516	2338	3037	2999	2791	2944	16625

◦ Race and self-defined ethnicity (including subcategories, e.g., British‑Pakistani, White‑British, etc.).

◦ Nationality (specify if naturalised; where available, indicate country of birth).

Self defined Ethnicity of victims linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
Any Other Asian Background	9	10	11	17	22	15	84
Any Other Black, Black British or Caribbean Background	6	11	15	8	13	13	66
Any Other Ethnic Group	1		2	5	9		17
Any Other Mixed or Multiple Background	10	12	19	10	17	22	90
Any Other White Background	21	41	53	55	50	40	260
Arab	1		2	1	2	1	7
Bangladeshi	4	1	1	1	4	1	12
Black African	4	1	7	6	9	12	39
Black Caribbean	2		3	2	1	2	10
Chinese	1	2	2			1	6
Gypsy or Irish Traveller		1		2		2	5
Indian	3	2	8	8	5	7	33
Not Stated	399	403	568	948	905	1030	4253
Pakistani	6	7	18	9	7	16	63
White And Asian		2	5	9	8	5	29
White And Black African		1	8	6	6	1	22
White And Black Caribbean	5	8	5	16	8	8	50
White British	1913	1698	2341	2498	2224	2123	12797
White Irish		1	4	3	3	3	14
Not Recorded	939	853	491	264	173	148	2868
Grand Total	3324	3054	3563	3868	3466	3450	20725

Self defined Ethnicity of suspects linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
Any Other Asian Background	19	17	29	27	24	28	144
Any Other Black, Black British or Caribbean Background	15	9	11	15	21	19	90
Any Other Ethnic Group	7	5	7	6	7	7	39
Any Other Mixed or Multiple Background	3	7	8	14	15	15	62
Any Other White Background	45	47	80	75	70	77	394
Arab			3	10	2	4	19
Bangladeshi	7	4	2	4	2	5	24
Black African	11	4	17	28	26	35	121
Black Caribbean	9	5	10	12	8	10	54
Chinese	2				5	4	11
Gypsy or Irish Traveller	2	1	5	6	1	3	18
Indian	10	18	15	22	23	18	106
Not Stated	283	289	452	508	434	598	2564
Pakistani	33	30	31	19	22	23	158
White And Asian	4	5	5	2	8	6	30
White And Black African	2	2	4	2	10	1	21
White And Black Caribbean	3	9	7	10	11	7	47
White British	1380	1339	1822	1886	1770	1804	10001
White Irish	8	3	7	5	5		28
(blank)	673	544	522	348	327	280	2694
Grand Total	2516	2338	3037	2999	2791	2944	16625

Relationship between perpetrator and victim (e.g., family member, acquaintance, stranger, partner, authority figure).

Caveat: A suspect victim relationship is only recorded where both are linked to the same crime which is why this table does not match the total number of crimes or total number of victims.

Victim to suspect relationship of persons linked to offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
APPROPRIATE ADULT		3	1				4
ASSOCIATE	393	332	392	389	348	339	2193
AUNT	3	2	2	2	3	3	15
BROTHER	84	78	81	80	79	85	487
BROTHER IN LAW	6	4	3	5	7	7	32
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES			1			1	2
CARER	26	23	35	18	16	23	141
CO-HABITEE	13	16	9	8	3	10	59
COLLEAGUE / WORK	30	39	31	55	44	46	245
COUSIN	28	31	44	24	32	39	198
CUSTOMER	9	4	5	6	11	5	40
DAUGHTER	2			1	2	1	6
DEPENDENT						2	2
DESCRIBED PERSON	5	2	2		2		11
DOCTOR / MEDICAL	3	5	5	7	3	7	30
EMPLOYEE	1	1		1	3	1	7
EMPLOYER	4	5	8	6	7	4	34
EX FOSTER PARENT	2		3	6	6	3	20
EX PARTNER	396	437	523	535	531	647	3069
FATHER	88	95	85	86	88	87	529
FATHER IN LAW	1		3	5	1	3	13
FOSTER PARENT	2		5	2	3	4	16
FRIEND	201	163	217	207	140	164	1092
GRANDCHILD			2		1	2	5
GRANDPARENT	28	29	24	21	26	22	150
GREAT GRANDPARENT		3		3		1	7
GUARDIAN				1		1	2
LANDLORD		2	3	2	3	4	14
LODGER					1		1
MOTHER	18	14	21	9	14	18	94
NEIGHBOUR	32	36	48	35	35	35	221
NEPHEW		2	2	2	4	2	12
NIECE			1			1	2
OVERSEEN BY	5	1	1	1	1	3	12
PARTNER	156	140	170	185	197	185	1033
PATIENT	6	5	13	5	5	3	37
RELATIONSHIP TYPE REFUSED	1	1	3	3			8
RELATIONSHIP UNKNOWN	668	597	963	919	791	829	4767
RELATIVE – OTHER	17	17	15	16	24	17	106
RESPONSIBLE FOR	6	11		3		1	21
SISTER	13	14	9	18	20	17	91
SISTER IN LAW		5		2			7
SON	2	2	4	5	4	5	22
SON IN LAW	2		1		2		5
SPOUSE	31	28	12	27	25	30	153
STEP DAUGHTER	1	3	1	2	2		9
STEP PARENT	46	54	68	76	61	69	374
STEP SON			1	1	1		3
STRANGER	74	38	59	57	67	56	351
TEACHER	1	1	29	26	28	31	116
TENANT	1			1	1		3
UNCLE	37	28	32	36	29	34	196
VICTIM IS CROWN	74	67	99	97	118	85	540
Not Recorded			1	3	2	12	18
Grand Total	2516	2338	3037	2999	2791	2944	16625

Location of incident (e.g., home, public space, school, online).

No information held. We are unable to provide this data as whilst there is a location type field on our systems this is not routinely completed. Also, under Home Office Crime Recording Standards if a number of crimes involving the same victim and suspect are all reported at the same time only one crime is recorded. It is possible therefore that one crime reference covers offending which took place at multiple locations.

Offender criminal history (e.g., first-time offender or previous convictions).

Caveat: The outcome of a court case is not recorded on our crime management system. There is no common person reference which can be used to search both our crime and case management systems. We have therefore provided data on how many times the persons have been linked as suspects to crimes regardless of the outcome of the investigations.

Number of Unique persons who have been linked as a suspect to a "Sexual Offence" crime recorded between 01/01/2019 & 31/03/2025 show by if they have been linked as a suspect to more than 1



No	11062
Yes	2427

Optional: Outcome of the case (e.g., charge, conviction, no further action

Outcomes of offences recorded within Primary Offence Group of "Sexual Offences"	Fiscal Year (01/04/2019 - 31/03/2025)						Grand Total
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	Grand Total
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition	229	224	325	310	270	167	1525
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule.	68	53	48	53	36	20	278
Type 2 - Caution Youth	1	1		3		2	7
Type 2A - Caution Youth - alternate offence. Offender is a juvenile and has been given a youth caution under the alternate offences rule.		1	1				2
Youth Conditional Caution						1	1
Type 3 - Caution Adult	21	14	11	6	6	1	59
Type 3A - Caution Adult - alternate offence. Offender has been given a simple caution under the alternate offences rule.	1			2		1	4
Adult Caution - conditional						2	2
Type 5 - Offender has died	4	1	1	2	1		9
Type 6 - Penalty notice for disorder		1	2				3
Type 8 - Community resolution (Crime)	1		1		3	1	6
Type 9 - Prosecution Not In the Public Interest (CPS)	9	2	2	4	2	1	20
Type 10 - Formal Action Against Offender is not in the Public Interest (Police)	5		3	1	1		10
Type 11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility	35	39	38	49	41	46	248
Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute, or confirmed died either before crime reported or before enough evidence to charge	22	25	40	38	52	36	213
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence	19	9	18	17	9	16	88
Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender	413	351	508	493	315	320	2400
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action	844	855	997	984	801	629	5110
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action	1090	1089	1435	1458	1288	1308	7668
Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired		1		2		4	7
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available	393	339	420	464	381	343	2340
Type 20 - Further action resulting from the crime report will be undertaken by another body or agency subject to the victim (or person acting on their behalf) being made aware of the act to be taken	174	71	91	62	57	38	493
Type 21 - Further investigation resulting from crime report which could provide evidence sufficient to support formal action against the suspect is not in the public interest - police decision.	36	12	42	29	49	34	202
Type 22 - Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action.	36	18	27	23	24	40	168
Ongoing Investigation	5	13	16	57	182	730	1003
Grand Total	3406	3119	4026	4057	3518	3740	21866

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