FOI 677/25
REQUEST
- The following requests relate to crime outcome data for sexual offences and of which, rape offences investigated by your Force.
- We are not seeking information that enables identification of any victims or suspects, only the specific data requested. If such data cannot be provided, please confirm whether or not it exists.
- For these offence types, we request data in relation to timeliness, specifically, we are seeking data on the length of time between the victim’s report to the Police and the date an outcome was assigned by the Police.
- We would like this data in respect of the following time periods: (1) April 2014 to March 2015, (2) April 2015 to March 2016, (3) April 2016 to March 2017, (4) April 2017 to March 2018, (5) April 2018 to March 2019, (6) April 2019 to March 2020, (7) April 2020 to March 2021, (8) April 2021 to March 2022, (9) April 2022 to March 2023, (10) April 2023 to March 2024 (11) April 2024-March 2025
- We ask that you provide the total number of outcomes recorded for the period (sexual offences and of which rape) as well as the number of outcomes recorded in that period where the date the victim reported, to the date the Police outcome was recorded falls into the below time frames:
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Over 3 years but less than 4 years (1095-1460 days) |
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Over 4 years but less than 5 years (1460-1825 days) |
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Over 5 years but less than 6 years (1825-2190 days) |
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Over 6 years but less than 7 years (2190-2555 days) |
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Over 7 years but less than 8 years (2555-2920 days) |
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Over 8 years but less than 9 years (2920-3285 days) |
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Over 9 years (3285 days) |
- In addition, for the periods 1) April 2023-March 2024 2) April 2024-March 2025, we ask that you provide the total number of sexual offences and of which rape, open to your force, where an outcome was/is yet to be assigned, and time since the victim reported meets the below time frames:
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Over 3 years but less than 4 years (1095-1460 days) |
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Over 4 years but less than 5 years (1460-1825 days) |
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Over 5 years but less than 6 years (1825-2190 days) |
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Over 6 years but less than 7 years (2190-2555 days) |
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Over 7 years but less than 8 years (2555-2920 days) |
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Over 8 years (but less than 9 years (2920-3285 days) |
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Over 9 years (3285 days) |
RESPONSE
We have consulted with our Safeguarding and Public Protection Department who have provided us with the information.
Please be advised, we have supplied the data from 2019 as this data was not collated prior to this date.
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.
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Number of outcomes assigned for all Sexual Offences during period (X) meeting the timescales listed (Y) |
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Time between victim reporting and outcome recorded |
April 2019 to March 2020 |
April 2020 to March 2021 |
April 2021 to March 2022 |
April 2022 to March 2023 |
April 2023 to March 2024 |
April 2024 to March 2025 |
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Over 3 years but less than 4 years (1095-1460 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 4 years but less than 5 years (1460-1825 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 5 years but less than 6 years (1825-2190 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 6 years but less than 7 years (2190-2555 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 7 years but less than 8 years (2555-2920 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 8 years but less than 9 years (2920-3285 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 9 years (3285 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total Number of Outcomes for sexual offences recorded during period |
1,267 |
1,289 |
2,211 |
2,028 |
2,107 |
2,175 |
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Data to be completed in relation to the number of Rape Offence Outcomes assigned during period (X) meeting the timescales listed (Y) |
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Time between victim reporting and outcome recorded |
April 2019 to March 2020 |
April 2020 to March 2021 |
April 2021 to March 2022 |
April 2022 to March 2023 |
April 2023 to March 2024 |
April 2024 to March 2025 |
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Over 3 years but less than 4 years (1095-1460 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 4 years but less than 5 years (1460-1825 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 5 years but less than 6 years (1825-2190 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 6 years but less than 7 years (2190-2555 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 7 years but less than 8 years (2555-2920 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 8 years but less than 9 years (2920-3285 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Over 9 years (3285 days) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total number of outcomes recorded for Rape Offences during period |
660 |
844 |
1,320 |
966 |
1,038 |
1,371 |
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