FOI 31626
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HRC0031626/26
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 22nd September 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
Under the FOI Aact, for each financial year 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 please provide the following:
A count of sexual offences by taxi and PVH drivers for the last four financial years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26).
Can each year's statistics please be broken down by the offence and outcome.
eg
2025/26
Exposure - no further action
Exposure - fixed penalty notice
Sexual activity child under 16 - charge
Sexual activity child under 16 - no further action
2024/25
Rape of a female aged over 16 - charge
Rape of a female aged over 16 - no further action
Sexual activity child under 16 - charge
Reply
West Mercia Police have conducted searches in relation to your request and can provide the following response.
Caveat: The occupation field is not mandatory and so not always completed. We have therefore completed a key word search and then completed a manual review of the incident summary fields to identify false positives and to include only those offences where the suspect was a taxi driver at the time of the offence (offences committed whilst at work and whilst not at work).
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Primary Offence Sub Sub Group / Outcome |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
2025/26 |
Grand Total |
|
EXPOSURE AND VOYEURISM |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
1 |
1 |
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|
RAPE OF A FEMALE AGED 16 AND OVER |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|||
|
Type 13 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Victim Or Key Witness Is Dead Or Too Ill To Give Evidence |
1 |
1 |
||||
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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 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
||
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
||
|
Pending/ Under Investigation |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
RAPE OF A FEMALE CHILD UNDER 16 |
1 |
1 |
||||
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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 |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
SEX ACTIV WITH A PER MENTAL DISORD |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD UNDER 16 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F 13 OR OVER |
11 |
6 |
13 |
9 |
16 |
55 |
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|||
|
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 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
3 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
19 |
|
Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
Type 1A - Charged/Summons - alternate offence. Offender has been charged under the alternate offence rule. |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Pending/ Under Investigation |
2 |
2 |
||||
|
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A F CHILD UNDER 13 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A M 13 AND OVER |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
||
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|||
|
SEXUAL GROOMING |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
Grand Total |
21 |
14 |
16 |
14 |
19 |
84 |