Where proceedings did not lead to a finding of guilt
Number found guilty
Where proceedings did not lead to a finding of guilt
Number found guilty
Where proceedings did not lead to a finding of guilt
Number found guilty
Avon and Somerset
44
11
47
17
41
18
Bedfordshire
16
8
14
5
8
8
Cambridgeshire
17
9
16
6
19
6
Cheshire
29
10
15
17
14
11
City of London
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cleveland
33
8
16
16
11
20
Cumbria
9
6
10
5
9
9
Derbyshire
52
12
28
20
35
14
Devon and Cornwall
1
19
10
18
8
21
Dorset
16
4
13
8
19
3
Durham
25
8
25
7
22
4
Essex
38
11
17
12
9
8
Gloucestershire
12
3
14
13
26
5
Greater Manchester
134
46
122
47
127
44
Hampshire
71
27
32
30
65
25
Hertfordshire
41
6
46
8
10
12
Humberside
27
16
19
26
1
22
Kent
35
17
44
17
33
26
Lancashire
87
13
49
29
57
23
Leicestershire
37
10
27
7
18
11
Lincolnshire
19
13
7
7
6
6
Merseyside
18
23
26
15
19
15
Metropolitan Police
462
104
404
133
367
138
Norfolk
-6
10
11
14
1
11
North Yorkshire
19
11
21
11
16
10
Northamptonshire
12
7
0
12
7
9
Northumbria
43
11
40
19
31
21
Nottinghamshire
38
18
37
13
22
18
South Yorkshire
26
35
38
25
23
24
Staffordshire
32
13
38
8 p
20
20
Suffolk
24
7
24
12
14
5
Surrey
20
4
15
5
14
4
Sussex
53
11
44
11
17
24
Thames Valley
60
21
59
17
31
23
Warwickshire
2
8
6
5
8
2
West Mercia
35
11
20
14
15
9
West Midlands
95
62
113
48
104
55
West Yorkshire
62
48
24
37
32
42
Wiltshire
27
3
10
11
13
7
Dyfed-Powys
7
4
9
3
7
5
Gwent
28
7
35
7
21
14
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North Wales
15
3
15
3
3
10
South Wales
51
16
43
16
54
15
Total
1,864
694
1,581
754
1,361
777
(1) Includes
Rape of a female aged under 16—Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1.
Rape of a female aged 16 or over—Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1.
Rape of a male aged under 16—Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1.
Rape of a male aged 16 or over—Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 1.
Rape of a female child under 13 by a male—Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 5.
Rape of a male child under 13 by a male—Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 5. (2 )“Where proceedings did not lead to a finding of guilt” covers defendants tried and found not guilty as well as proceedings that were discontinued or cases where no evidence was offered, charges were withdrawn or the judge ruled that there was no case to answer. (3 )Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher order of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. (See also footnote (5)) (4 )These data are on the principal offence basis. (5 )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:
Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.
