FOI 665/25
REQUEST
Calander years 2020-2025
- The total number of rapes reported to your force where the victim has been aged 18 or under
- The total number of rapes reported to your force, where the perpetrator has been aged 18 or under
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- The total number of misogyny crimes, or hate crimes against women (or those who identify as women) where the male perpetrator is aged 18 or under
CLARIFICATION
With the violent crime, this is any crime which is classified as 'violence against the person' under home office definitions
RESPONSE
Question 1
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all rapes reported where the victim is aged 18 or under.
|
Year |
Total |
|
April 20/21 |
283 |
|
April 21/22 |
410 |
|
April 22/23 |
332 |
|
April 23/24 |
305 |
|
April 24/25 |
314 |
|
Total |
1,644 |
Question 2
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all rapes reported where the offender is aged 18 or under.
|
Year |
Total |
|
April 20/21 |
12 |
|
April 21/22 |
12 |
|
April 22/23 |
16 |
|
April 23/24 |
12 |
|
April 24/25 |
5 |
|
Total |
57 |
Question 3
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all sexual assaults where the victim was aged 18 or under within the requested time frame. This has been broken down by victim gender.
|
Year |
Total |
|
Gender |
|||
|
April 20/21 |
573 |
Year |
Female |
Male |
Not recorded |
|
|
April 21/22 |
852 |
April 20/21 |
441 |
123 |
9 |
|
|
April 22/23 |
856 |
April 21/22 |
693 |
147 |
12 |
|
|
April 23/24 |
860 |
April 22/23 |
668 |
159 |
28 |
|
|
April 24/25 |
791 |
April 23/24 |
689 |
153 |
18 |
|
|
Total |
47 |
April 24/25 |
630 |
149 |
12 |
|
Question 4
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all sexual assaults where the offender was aged 18 or under within the requested time frame. This has been broken down by offender gender.
|
Year |
Total |
|
Gender |
|||
|
April 20/21 |
15 |
Year |
Female |
Male |
Not recorded |
|
|
April 21/22 |
28 |
April 20/21 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
April 22/23 |
23 |
April 21/22 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
|
|
April 23/24 |
12 |
April 22/23 |
3 |
19 |
1 |
|
|
April 24/25 |
9 |
April 23/24 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
87 |
April 24/25 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
Question 5
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all stalking offences where the victim was aged 18 or under within the requested time frame. This has been broken down by victim gender.
|
Year |
Total |
|
Gender |
|||
|
April 20/21 |
99 |
Year |
Female |
Male |
Not recorded |
|
|
April 21/22 |
134 |
April 20/21 |
86 |
13 |
0 |
|
|
April 22/23 |
129 |
April 21/22 |
110 |
22 |
2 |
|
|
April 23/24 |
206 |
April 22/23 |
97 |
30 |
2 |
|
|
April 24/25 |
178 |
April 23/24 |
154 |
50 |
2 |
|
|
Total |
746 |
April 24/25 |
138 |
38 |
2 |
|
Question 6
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all stalking offences where the offender was aged 18 or under within the requested time frame. This has been broken down by offender gender.
|
Year |
Total |
|
Gender |
|||
|
April 20/21 |
6 |
Year |
Female |
Male |
Not recorded |
|
|
April 21/22 |
8 |
April 20/21 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
April 22/23 |
2 |
April 21/22 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
April 23/24 |
11 |
April 22/23 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
April 24/25 |
9 |
April 23/24 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
36 |
April 24/25 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
|
Question 7
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for crimes recorded under violence with injury and violence without injury where the victim is female aged 18 and under and the offender is male aged 18 and under.
|
Year |
Total |
|
April 20/21 |
42 |
|
April 21/22 |
47 |
|
April 22/23 |
30 |
|
April 23/24 |
28 |
|
April 24/25 |
34 |
|
Total |
181 |
Question 8
We conducted a search on our crime and incident recording system (NICHE RMS) for all gender hate crimes within the requested time frame. We filtered the victim gender to female. Next, we manually interrogated each occurrence to identify those cases where the offender was a male aged 18 or under.
|
Year |
Total |
|
April 20/21 |
0 |
|
April 21/22 |
2 |
|
April 22/23 |
1 |
|
April 23/24 |
1 |
|
April 24/25 |
1 |
|
Total |
5 |
South Wales Police continues to prioritise its response to allegations of sexual offences and actively encourages victims to have confidence in reporting these crimes. Our focus, together with our partner agencies is firmly on victim’s needs and improving outcomes whilst increasing the number of offenders brought to justice. South Wales Police have dedicated rape investigation teams, consisting of 114 staff through the force. South Wales Police were a pathfinder force for Operation Soteria and we remain committed to embedding the national operating model to improve our service to victims and judicial outcomes for suspects.