FOI 186/25 Sexual violence in schools
Enquiry Reference: 186 - 25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request, Below is your request and our response.
For this data I would like a breakdown of how many cases were reported where the perpetrator was logged as a minor.
For each of these requests I would like a breakdown of the figures by the years 2014,2015,2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
If the number of years requested is too large, please just complete for the years 2019-2024
- I would like to know how many reports were made of sexual violence (includes rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, indecent exposure and sexual exploitation) in schools.
There is no crime category of sexual violence so the analyst has included the categories of other sexual offences and rape.
The below table contains all crimes in the rape and other sexual offences categories validated in the calendar years requested. The crimes are those which include Education/School in the MO Location description.
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Other Sexual Offences |
9 |
13 |
16 |
18 |
24 |
30 |
28 |
43 |
74 |
53 |
43 |
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17A - Sexual Assault on a Male aged 13 and over |
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3 |
1 |
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1 |
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8 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
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17B - Sexual Assault on a Male Child under 13 |
2 |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
3 |
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20A - Sexual Assault on Female aged 13 and over |
3 |
8 |
11 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
18 |
21 |
26 |
25 |
6 |
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20B - Sexual Assault on Female Child under 13 |
2 |
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1 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
14 |
8 |
12 |
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21 - Sexual Activity involving a Child under 13 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
4 |
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3 |
10 |
3 |
5 |
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22A - Causing Sexual Activity without Consent |
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1 |
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22B - Sexual Activity involving a Child under 16 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
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70 - Sexual Activity etc. with a Person with a Mental Disorder |
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1 |
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73 - Abuse of Position of Trust of a Sexual Nature |
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2 |
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88A - Sexual Grooming |
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1 |
3 |
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1 |
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88C - Other Miscellaneous Sexual Offences |
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4 |
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88E - Exposure and Voyeurism |
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1 |
2 |
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1 |
5 |
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4 |
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Rape |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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3 |
4 |
2 |
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19C - Rape of a Female aged 16 and over |
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1 |
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19D - Rape of a Female Child under 16 |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
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19E - Rape of a Female Child under 13 |
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2 |
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1 |
3 |
1 |
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19G - Rape of a Male Child under 16 |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
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19H - Rape of a Male Child under 13 |
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1 |
3 |
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1 |
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- For this data I would like a breakdown of how many cases were reported where the perpetrator was logged as a minor.
The below table contains the crime types as above with crimes validated in the calendar years which include those with a suspect recorded as aged under 18 at the time of the offence. Some crimes include more than one suspect.
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2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Other Sexual Offences |
1 |
7 |
22 |
16 |
21 |
35 |
43 |
82 |
61 |
47 |
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17A - Sexual Assault on a Male aged 13 and over |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
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9 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
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17B - Sexual Assault on a Male Child under 13 |
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1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
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20A - Sexual Assault on Female aged 13 and over |
1 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
26 |
19 |
30 |
28 |
8 |
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20B - Sexual Assault on Female Child under 13 |
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10 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
8 |
13 |
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21 - Sexual Activity involving a Child under 13 |
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1 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
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22B - Sexual Activity involving a Child under 16 |
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1 |
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3 |
3 |
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7 |
2 |
4 |
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70 - Sexual Activity etc. with a Person with a Mental Disorder |
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1 |
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88C - Other Miscellaneous Sexual Offences |
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2 |
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88E - Exposure and Voyeurism |
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1 |
3 |
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2 |
5 |
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4 |
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Rape |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
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19D - Rape of a Female Child under 16 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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19E - Rape of a Female Child under 13 |
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1 |
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1 |
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19H - Rape of a Male Child under 13 |
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2 |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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