FOI reference: FOI-2025-2489
You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting access to data on reported rape cases in the United Kingdom from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2024.
Specifically, I am requesting the following details (where available):
- Age of the rapist (at the time of the offence).
- Religion of the rapist
- Age of the victim (at the time of the offence).
- Religion of the victim (if recorded).
- County, city, and council of the rapist's residence
- Punishment given to the rapist (e.g., length of sentence, type of sentence such as imprisonment, community service, etc.).
- Year of each reported incident.
- Total number of reported cases per year.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold all the information you have requested.
The latest police recorded rape figures, for year ending June 2024, can be found in the Crime in England and Wales Appendix tables, table A5a (rows 67-77). This table also has an age breakdown for under 13, under 16 and aged over 16.
We have also produced Sexual offences prevalence and victim characteristics, England and Wales: year ending March 2022, which includes data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) as well as the police recorded crime. These do include tables with religion and age breakdown for victims of sexual assault.
We do not hold details on the offenders for offences recorded by the police and/or convicted of offences.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are primarily responsible for data on offenders. They publish Statistics each quarter which may be of help to you. You may also find the MoJ's outcomes by offence data tool: June2024 useful. It allows you to filter by various categories including offence group, ethnicity and sex to find the convictions and sentenced numbers.
If you have any questions, the Ministry of Justice may be able to help you further and can be contacted via: CJS_Statistics@justice.gov.uk.