FOI 0160-2025/26- Rape offences
Request:
Q1) The total number of rapes reported to your force where the victim has been aged 18 or under
Q2) The total number of rapes reported to your force, where the perpetrator has been aged 18 or under
Q3) The total number of sexual assaults reported to your force where the victim has been aged 18 or under (if possible please provide information on victim gender)
Q4) The total number of sexual assaults reported to your force where the perpetrator has been aged 18 or under (if possible please provide information on perpetrator gender)
Q5) The total number of stalking reports reported to your force where the victim has been aged 18 or under (if possible please provide information on victim gender)
Q6) The total number of stalking reports reported to your force where the perpetrator has been aged 18 or under (if possible please provide information on perpetrator gender)
Q7) The total number of violent crimes reported to your force, where the victim has been female perpetrator has been male and aged 18 and under
Q8)The total number of misogny crimes, or hate crimes against women (or those who identify as women) where the male perpetrator is aged 18 or under
April 01 2024 - March 31st 2025
April 01 2023 - March 31st 2024
April 01 2022 - March 31st 2023
April 01 2021 - March 31st 2022
April 2020 - March 31st 2021.
Response:
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, Q3 & Q5. Please see the table below showing the distinct count of all crimes of rape, sexual assault and stalking where there was a victim aged 18 or under between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 broken down by financial year and crime type.
|
Financial Year |
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|
Crime Type |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
Rape |
202 |
300 |
332 |
280 |
295 |
1409 |
|
Sexual Assault |
249 |
407 |
452 |
404 |
413 |
1925 |
|
Stalking |
60 |
63 |
85 |
79 |
81 |
368 |
|
Total |
511 |
770 |
869 |
763 |
789 |
3702 |
Please see the table below showing the total count of all crimes of rape, sexual assault and stalking where there was a victim aged 18 or under between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 broken down by financial year, crime type and victim gender
|
Financial Years |
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|
Crime Type & Gender |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
Rape |
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|
Female |
174 |
268 |
283 |
244 |
241 |
1210 |
|
Indeterminate |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Male |
30 |
33 |
46 |
30 |
54 |
193 |
|
Not recorded |
0 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
21 |
|
Sexual Assault |
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|
Female |
185 |
349 |
381 |
312 |
331 |
1558 |
|
Indeterminate |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Male |
67 |
63 |
66 |
83 |
87 |
366 |
|
Not recorded |
0 |
1 |
15 |
11 |
19 |
46 |
|
Stalking |
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|
Female |
53 |
51 |
60 |
50 |
57 |
271 |
|
Male |
7 |
12 |
26 |
28 |
23 |
96 |
|
Not recorded |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Total |
517 |
778 |
883 |
770 |
821 |
3769 |
*please note that there can be more than one victim linked to a crime.
Q2, Q4 & Q6. Please see the table below showing the distinct count of all crimes of rape, sexual assault and stalking where there was an offender aged 18 or under between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 broken down by financial year and crime type.
|
Crime Type |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
Rape |
12 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
5 |
48 |
|
Sexual Assault |
9 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
35 |
|
Stalking |
6 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
33 |
|
Total |
27 |
27 |
31 |
20 |
11 |
116 |
Please see the table below showing the total count of all crimes of rape, sexual assault and stalking where there was an offender aged 18 or under between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 broken down by financial year, crime type and offender gender. Due to low numbers I have disassociated the tables pursuant to section 40(2) – Personal Information. This is to refrain from particular incidents becoming identifiable and consequently the personal details of any persons involved being disclose. Please see the exemption explanation below.
|
Financial Year |
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|
Crime Type |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
Rape |
12 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
5 |
48 |
|
Sexual Assault |
9 |
7 |
13 |
4 |
3 |
36 |
|
Stalking |
7 |
10 |
13 |
5 |
3 |
38 |
|
Total |
28 |
27 |
36 |
20 |
11 |
122 |
|
Financial Year |
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|
Gender |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
Female |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Male |
27 |
25 |
32 |
19 |
10 |
113 |
|
Total |
28 |
27 |
36 |
20 |
11 |
122 |
*please note that there can be more than one offender linked to a crime.
Q7. Please see the the table below showing the distinct count of violent crimes where there was a female victim and the offender was male and aged 18 or under between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 broken down by financial year
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Financial Year |
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|
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
|
Violent Crimes |
95 |
102 |
91 |
66 |
66 |
420 |
*Please note,this does not include non-violent crimes such as violence without injury
Q8. Please see the the table below showing the distinct count of hate crimes where there was a female victim and the offender was male and aged 18 or under between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2025 broken down by financial year and hate crime type. I am exempting the financial year breakdown of some hate crime types and for those figures under 5 I have replaced with <5 pursuant to section 40(2) – Personal Information. Please see the exemption explanation below.
|
Financial Year |
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|
Hate Type |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
|
Disability |
Exempt – S40(2) |
5 |
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|
Homophobic |
<5 |
5 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
12 |
|
Homophobic;Gender |
Exempt – S40(2) |
2 |
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|
Misogyny |
Exempt – S40(2) |
1 |
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|
Racial |
<5 |
<5 |
5 |
<5 |
<5 |
18 |
|
Racial;Homophobic |
Exempt – S40(2) |
2 |
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|
Racial;Homophobic;Disability |
Exempt – S40(2) |
1 |
||||
|
Transphobic |
Exempt – S40(2) |
5 |
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|
Total |
7 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
46 |
Exemption Explanation
Section 40 – Personal Information
Where an individual can be identified by such data, releasing it would clearly breach the first data protection principle of being ‘fair’ to the data subject.
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption, which does not require a public interest test, but requires the balancing of the legitimate interests of the public against the interests of the individual under the first Data Protection Principle; in that processing of personal data must be lawful and fair (DPA 2018 35(1), EUGDPR Article 5(1)).
This exemption applies because the right given under the FOI Act to request official information held by public authorities does not apply to the personal data of third parties where disclosure of that information would not be fair to the individual, and where there is no legitimate public interest in disclosure.
In all the circumstances of the case it has been determined that the duty to the individual under the Data Protection Act 2018 & EU General Data Protection Regulations, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure of personal information held by the force in such instances, outweighs the public interest in disclosure. In this instance, personal information can only be disclosed to the individual concerned.
Releasing personal details to a person other than the data subject would not only breach the data subject’s Data Protection rights it may also breach the obligations placed on an authority under the European Convention on Human Rights
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a refusal notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to your request.
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.