FOI 3472-25 Sexual offences in school setting and U18 offender
Request to Northamptonshire Police
Question 1 - I would like to know how many reports were made of sexual violence (includes rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, indecent exposure and sexual exploitation) in schools.
Question 2 - For this data I would like a breakdown of how many cases were reported where the perpetrator was logged as a minor.
For each of these requests I would like a breakdown of the figures by the years 2014,2015,2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
If the number of years requested is too large, please just complete for the years 2019-2024
Response
Data returned has been sourced by searching crime recording systems for ‘Sexual Offences’ in settings with keywords ‘school, college or academy’.
Question 1
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Total Sexual Offences in Schools |
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|---|---|
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Year |
Count |
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2014 |
29 |
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2015 |
49 |
|
2016 |
50 |
|
2017 |
91 |
|
2018 |
120 |
|
2019 |
147 |
|
2020 |
121 |
|
2021 |
180 |
|
2022 |
194 |
|
2023 |
159 |
|
2024 |
188 |
|
Total |
1328 |
Question 2
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Total Occurrences with a suspect under the age of 18 |
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|---|---|
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Year |
Count |
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2014 |
16 |
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2015 |
34 |
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2016 |
24 |
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2017 |
45 |
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2018 |
42 |
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2019 |
63 |
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2020 |
53 |
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2021 |
106 |
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2022 |
104 |
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2023 |
101 |
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2024 |
119 |
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Total |
707 |
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