Week Four - What If Theres More Sexual Violence Now, Not Just Reports Of It?

Question 1

Number of rape claims…

Answer 1

Number of rape claims – from both adults and children has doubled in the last 4 years (16,000 – to 36,000, HMIC)

Question 2

Number of convictions for rape…

Answer 2

Last year there were 2,689 convictions recorded. This more than the 2,414 in 2011-12, but is a rate of only 7.5% (compared to 15% in 2011-12)

Question 3

Number of adults reporting being raped..

Answer 3

In 2015-16, police recorded 23,851 reports of adults being raped – nearly all of them women – compared with 10,160 in 2011-12,

Question 4

Recorded rapes of children…

Answer 4

Recorded rapes of children rose from 5,878 in 2011-12 to 11,947 in 2015-16. The figures suggest that 109 out of every 100,000 children were recorded as being attacked in England and Wales