FOI 0352-2025/26 Necrophilia Offences

Request
Q1. Please could you provide the number of recorded offences under Section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“sexual penetration of a corpse”) between 2020 and 2025 (if available), broken down by year. 

If it assists your search, this offence may also be referred to using terms such as necrophilia or sexual interference with a corpse. If any other offence codes or descriptions are used locally for cases involving this conduct, I would appreciate those figures being included as well.

If possible within the cost limit, I would also be grateful for:
Q2. The outcome or disposal of each offence (e.g. charge, no further action)
Q3. Whether the victim was identified (e.g. case involving a named deceased individual vs. unknown).

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.  

Decision
I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1. Nil.

Q2. N/A.

Q3. N/A.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.