Table 2: Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for rape against a female( 1) , by police force area( 2) , 1998 to2007( 3, 4) , England and Wales
Police force area
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
14
9
12
12
11
20
21
9
16
16
Bedfordshire
2
5
5
8
5
5
12
7
5
8
Cambridgeshire
2
4
3
7
8
2
3
9
6
6
Cheshire
9
10
11
6
8
9
10
10
14
9
City of London
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cleveland
5
8
5
5
10
8
9
8
16
19
Cumbria
4
4
3
6
4
8
9
6
5
7
Derbyshire
6
10
10
4
6
13
19
12
20
10
Devon and Cornwall
22
14
10
8
15
13
14
17
15
19
Dorset
4
7
10
3
5
3
4
3
7
3
Durham
8
4
3
3
4
1
8
6
5
4
Essex
12
8
3
8
5
6
8
10
12
8
Gloucestershire
2
3
6
—
2
7
—
3
11
5
Greater Manchester
40
23
39
34
30
30
27
41
43
39
Hampshire
20
21
19
17
20
10
14
26
27
17
Hertfordshire
6
7
4
3
6
10
11
5
7
11
Humberside
6
8
6
8
9
9
8
15
23
22
Kent
9
13
15
16
12
6
10
14
15
23
Lancashire
15
26
11
14
13
16
16
12
28
18
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Leicestershire
16
12
6
4
8
12
11
10
7
10
Lincolnshire
5
3
5
4
8
4
4
12
7
4
Merseyside
15
9
7
21
12
13
18
23
14
14
Metropolitan Police
92
82
95
70
92
106
99
97
127
132
Norfolk
2
2
4
5
6
4
9
9
14
11
North Yorkshire
6
7
5
5
8
5
11
10
10
10
Northamptonshire
4
7
5
8
8
7
12
7
9
8
Northumbria
20
16
16
21
18
17
18
9
18
20
Nottinghamshire
14
19
15
20
13
13
10
16
11
15
South Yorkshire
10
13
5
13
13
19
22
33
24
23
Staffordshire
9
13
—
7
11
9
15
12
6
16
Suffolk
4
8
4
1
6
5
3
6
10
3
Surrey
4
2
2
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
Sussex
11
8
7
6
10
17
10
7
10
21
Thames Valley
9
15
13
14
14
11
15
19
17
21
Warwickshire
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
8
4
2
West Mercia
10
8
5
5
12
9
9
10
12
9
West Midlands
39
27
27
34
26
49
45
56
44
50
West Yorkshire
43
38
36
20
15
29
44
42
31
37
Wiltshire
2
1
4
2
8
6
4
3
9
7
Dyfed-Powys
1
4
4
2
2
2
4
4
2
4
Gwent
3
7
7
7
15
8
4
6
6
12
North Wales
9
6
3
2
5
5
6
3
3
9
South Wales
29
23
17
10
19
16
21
14
13
15
Total
544
515
483
450
508
548
605
633
687
701
(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 female child under 13 by a male: Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 5. (2) 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 orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level. Data have been included only in the England and Wales total. (3) These data are on the principal offence basis. (4) 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.
