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The number of reported rape cases in which the victim was a male in 2020.
The number of reported cases in which the male victim was raped by a female in 2020.
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1. The number of 'rape of a male' offences recorded by the police in the year ending September 2020 can be found in Appendix table A4 in the Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables, published alongside the statistical bulletin Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2020. The year ending December 2020 data will be published on the 13th May.
2. The release Sexual offences in England and Wales overview: year ending March 2020, published on the 18th March contains data on sexual offences from the year ending March 2020 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and crimes recorded by police.
The commentary in this statistical bulletin is split into separate articles, linked within the overview. The glossary section within each article provides important information on terminology used within the release.
The two datasets published alongside this release contain information relating to your request.
Sexual offences prevalence and victim characteristics, England and Wales - table 13 shows the number of 'rape of a male' offences recorded by the police in the year ending March 2020. There are several other tables within this dataset, from both the CSEW and police recorded crime, containing data for rape or assault by penetration offences broken down by the sex of the victim.
Nature of sexual assault by rape or penetration, England and Wales - tables 3 and 4 contain analysis from the CSEW on the age and sex of the perpetrator and victim of rape or assault by penetration. These tables are based on combined data from the year ending March 2017 and the year ending March 2020 to create a larger sample size. These questions are asked every three years in the 'Nature of sexual assault' survey module.
3. In December 2018 we published the release Sexual offending: victimisation and the path through the criminal justice system, which is an overview of sexual offending in England and Wales, using a range of National Statistics and official statistics from across the crime and criminal justice system, which includes prosecutions. CPS table 1 within the Sexual offending: Crown Prosecution Service appendix tables, shows the sex of defendants and victims in rape prosecutions up to the year ending March 2018. We do not hold any more recent data than 2018, but you could contact the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) directly who may be able to provide more information. The CPS can be contacted at IAT@cps.gov.uk.
If you have any crime-related queries in future, you can email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help you.