Rape: Convictions

(asked on 7th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the conviction ratio was for rape offences in the 12 months to June 2018.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 11th January 2019

Conviction ratios for individual offences are currently published up to December 2017. Figures for individual offences such as rape for 2018 are subject to ongoing data processing and validation and will be published in May 2019. The conviction ratio for rape offences in the 6 months to December 2017 can be calculated using the Outcomes by offence data tool at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017.

  • Drag the ‘Year’ and ‘Quarter’ variables into the Filter box and select 2017 and Q3 and Q4
  • Search for ‘rape’ in the ‘Offence’ filter and ensure all rape offences (19C to 19H) are selected
  • The conviction ratio can be calculated as the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of proceedings
Conviction ratios for more recent periods are currently only published for higher level offence groups (in this case, sexual offences) and the latest figures are available in the Overview Tables here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2018.

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