1. Total reported sexual offences for the past five calendar years divided by Home Office
Offence Group listed below (I appreciate some of these offence groups may no longer be in
use):
- Indecent Assault on a Male
- Sexual Assault on a Male aged 13 and over
- Sexual Assault on a Male Child under 13
- Rape of a Female
- Rape
- Rape of a Female Child under 16
- Rape of a Female aged 16 and over
- Rape of a Male Child under 16
- Rape of a Male aged 16 and over
- Rape of a Female Child under 13
- Rape of a Male Child under 13
- Indecent Assault on a Female
- Sexual Assault on a Female aged 13 or over
- Sexual Assault on a Female Child under 13
- Sexual Activity involving a Child under 13
- Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with Girl under 16
- Causing Sexual Activity without Consent
- Sexual Activity etc. with a Person with a Mental Disorder
- Abuse of Children through Prostitution and Pornography
- Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
2. The total number of sexual offences recorded over the past five years divided by the
recorded ethnicity of the victim.
Ideally this will be in the following format: White, Asian (Indian/Pakistani), Other Asian, Black,
Mixed, Unrecorded. For clarity when I write ‘sexual offences’ I mean the offences listed in
Question 1 - but I do not expect the victim ethnicity divided down into each offence group. I
would like an overall picture of how many victims for each year came from which background:
White, Asian, etc.
Please see the tables below showing the number of sexual offences and ethnicity of Victim(s)
between 2010 and 2014.
Total Offences
Offence description
Abuse of children through prostitution and pornography
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
4
2
5
18
13
13
10
14
19
32
Indecent assault on a female (no longer in use)
0
0
0
0
1*
Indecent assault on a male (no longer in use)
0
0
0
0
0
Rape of a female (no longer in use)
0
0
0
0
0
Rape of a female aged 16 and over
302
315
394
545
661
Rape of a female child under 13
126
110
143
146
199
Rape of a female child under 16
97
80
118
174
168
7
12
16
21
27
Rape of a male child under 13
40
44
40
64
62
Rape of a male child under 16
2
7
7
15
12
Sexual activity etc with a person with a mental disorder
5
6
7
11
11
Sexual activity involving a child under 13
119
150
194
234
348
Sexual activity involving child under 16
116
138
222
262
338
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over
576
518
558
629
819
Sexual assault on a female child under 13
132
132
122
159
254
32
45
48
55
92
Causing sexual activity without consent
Rape of a male aged 16 and over
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 and over
Sexual assault on a male child under 13
Trafficking for sexual exploitation
Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 (no longer
used)
24
42
27
50
86
1
0
0
6
8
0
0
0
0
0
*Relates to a historical offence which should have been crimed as a Sexual Offences Act 2003
offence however has been crimed as a 1956 Act offence which was the legislation valid at the time of
the offence. This is a data recording error which will be rectified.
Figures show the number of offences which:
- were classified as the offence description shown
- were first crimed within the year shown
- were not subsequently crimed
The year periods shown represent the full calendar year, 1st January - 31st December (inclusive)
The full list of crime classifications included in this response is shown in the table below.
Victim Ethnicity
Victim Ethnicity
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
A1. Asian - Indian
12
7
6
10
16
A2. Asian - Pakistani
43
58
59
69
96
1
3
8
3
7
A3. Asian - Bangladeshi
A9. Any Other Asian Background
16
9
8
13
11
B1. Black Caribbean
17
13
8
16
11
B2. Black African
6
8
7
14
20
B9. Any Other Black Background
3
3
4
12
9
30
M1. White & Black Caribbean
13
13
11
23
M2. White & Black African
4
0
3
2
1
M3. White & Asian
7
5
2
14
12
M9. Any Other Mixed Background
7
7
2
5
7
215
273
610
770
1,023
O1. Chinese
3
0
2
0
2
O9. Any Other Ethnic Group
0
2
3
4
6
1,217
1,185
1,131
1,311
1,647
4
3
2
4
5
27
28
38
31
61
NS. Not Stated
W1. White British
W2. White Irish
W9. Any Other White Background
Figures show the self-defined ethnicity for all nominal records (not individuals) linked as
AGGRIEVED to the offences identified in Table 1
It is possible for an offence to have zero, or more than one, such nominal records linked to it
One individual may be linked to multiple offences
"NS. Not Stated" indicates that the Victim's self-defined ethnicity is not recorded
The year periods shown represent the full calendar year, 1st January - 31st December (inclusive),
and reflect the year in which the linked offence was crimed
Crime classifications are based on the Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for Recorded Crime:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counting-rules-for-recorded-crime
Crime classifications covered by this response
Offence description
Home Office Classification(s)
Abuse of children through prostitution and
pornography
071/01, 071/02, 071/03, 071/04, 071/05, 071/06, 071/07, 071/08, 071/09,
071/10, 071/11, 071/12, 071/13, 071/14, 071/15
Causing sexual activity without consent
Indecent assault on a female (no longer in use)
Indecent assault on a male (no longer in use)
Rape of a female (no longer in use)
Rape of a female aged 16 and over
022/02, 022/03, 022/04, 022/05
020/01, 020/02
017/11, 017/12
019/02, 019/04, 019/05, 019/06
019/08
Rape of a female child under 13
019/16
Rape of a female child under 16
019/07
Rape of a male aged 16 and over
019/10
Rape of a male child under 13
019/17
Rape of a male child under 16
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over
019/09
070/01, 070/02, 070/03, 070/04, 070/05, 070/06, 070/07, 070/08, 070/09,
070/10, 070/11, 070/12, 070/13, 070/14, 070/15, 070/16, 070/17, 070/18,
070/19, 070/20, 070/21, 070/22, 070/23, 070/24
021/00, 021/02, 021/03, 021/04, 021/05, 021/06, 021/07, 021/08, 021/09,
021/10, 021/11, 021/12, 021/13, 021/14, 021/15, 021/16, 021/17, 021/18,
021/19, 021/20, 021/21, 021/22, 021/23, 021/24, 021/25
022/06, 022/07, 022/08, 022/09, 022/10, 022/11, 022/12, 022/13, 022/14,
022/15, 022/16, 022/17, 022/18, 022/19, 022/20, 022/21, 022/22, 022/23,
022/24, 022/25
020/03
Sexual assault on a female child under 13
020/04
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 and over
017/13
Sexual assault on a male child under 13
Trafficking for sexual exploitation
Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 (no
longer used)
017/14
Sexual activity etc with a person with a mental
disorder
Sexual activity involving a child under 13
Sexual activity involving child under 16
072/01, 072/02, 072/03
022/00
Crimes relating to sexual abuse are taken very seriously by West Yorkshire Police. Specially
selected and trained officers are responsible for the investigation of these offences and are
situated within both District Safeguarding Units and Protective Services (Crime), a specialist
department which deals with certain complex investigations.
The national Operation Yewtree investigation focussed public attention heavily on this issue
in West Yorkshire and has raised the public’s awareness that it is possible to report sexual
crimes that are historical in nature. Since this investigation commenced in October 2012,
there has been a significant increase in historical crime reports of a sexual nature recorded
by West Yorkshire Police. We welcome the fact that victims feel able to approach the police
regarding offences, whatever period of time has passed since the offence was committed.
West Yorkshire Police saw a change in recording practices in respect of Serious Sexual
Offences on 08th August 2014. The change in force policy allows all reports of Rape and
Serious Sexual Offences to be recorded as a crime at first point of contact in effect applying
a ‘prima facie’ approach. The revised force policy demonstrates a culture of belief towards
rape victims which will ultimately build confidence within those victims and others to come
forward and report offences.
We have engaged with Victim Support and the National Association of People Abused in
Childhood in order to improve, wherever possible, our support of victims in some of the most
serious crimes. We are also currently working with regional colleagues to provide a Sexual
assault referral centre (SARC) for victims to also better improve the way we support victims
of sexual abuse. It should also be noted that
West Yorkshire Police also have dedicated Officers that work within schools and universities.
Part of the role of these Officers is to educate and help students keep themselves safe.