Rape: Crown Court
(asked on 6th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases heard at (a) Leeds Crown Court, (b) Newcastle Crown Court and (c) Snaresbrook Crown Court were rape cases in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
Data concerning the volume and percentage of Crown Court case receipts for rape offences can be found below. Data for 2022 represents the first six months of the year, as data beyond that will be published in the future. The Specialist Sexual Violence Support project was launched in each of these Crown Court locations in October 2022.
Crown Court | Year | All other offences | Rape total receipts | Rape total % | Total receipts |
Leeds | 2020 | 3,243 | 81 | 2.4 | 3,324 |
2021 | 3,384 | 99 | 2.8 | 3,483 | |
2022 (to June) | 1,691 | 64 | 3.6 | 1,755 | |
Newcastle Upon Tyne | 2020 | 2,711 | 87 | 3.1 | 2,798 |
2021 | 2,545 | 81 | 3.1 | 2,626 | |
2022 (to June) | 1,144 | 29 | 2.5 | 1,173 | |
Snaresbrook | 2020 | 4,071 | 66 | 1.6 | 4,137 |
2021 | 4,113 | 59 | 1.4 | 4,172 | |
2022 (to June) | 2,070 | 34 | 1.6 | 2,104 |
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