12119 Female Perpetrators
I write in connection with regards to your request received in this office on 28th July. I note you seek the following:
For each of the calendar years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 I would like data on the number of child sex offence crimes your force has recorded in which the alleged perpetrator is female.
Each data return should include the calendar year the offence took place, the gender of the victim, the age of the victim, the offence classification and indicate if the suspect was charged.
For guidance I would only like data on crimes which were not subsequently cancelled.
In terms of the offence classification which should be included I would like all child sex offences covered by the CPS’s ‘most commonly charged offences’ guide.
Including:
*Rape of a child
*Sexual assault of a child
*Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
*Sexual activity with a child
*Incest or familial sexual offences
*Causing a child to watch a sexual act
*Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child
*Meeting a child following sexual grooming
*Arranging and facilitating a child sex offence
*Possession of indecent images of children
*Abuse of a position of trust (including victims aged 16 and 17)
*Abuse of children through prostitution or pornography
*Child sex offence committed by children or young persons
If your force records has recorded child sex offences not included in this list please include them and indicate it in the response.
I would be grateful if you could provide the data in a spreadsheet.
Decision
Having made enquiries within the Force we have attached a document with all the information we have been able to retrieve. The analyst has provided the number of crimes of child sexual offences where a female has been charged, and the number of crimes where a female is recorded as a suspect but no further action has been taken.
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