Rape: Convictions

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

Her Majesty's Government how many persons have been convicted of rape in each of the last five years.

Answered by
Portrait
Lord Keen of Elie
This question was answered on 3rd August 2017

The number of offenders found guilty of sexual offences, broken down to those found guilty of rape and of other sexual offences, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.

Offenders found guilty at all courts of sexual offences, England and Wales, 2012 to 2016 (1)(2)

Offence

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

All

5,728

5,665

6,251

6,885

7,511

of which

Rape

1,145

1,121

1,164

1,297

1,352

Others

4,583

4,544

5,087

5,588

6,159

(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.

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