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Rape: Prosecutions

Question for Attorney General

UIN 125287, tabled on 17 January 2023

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for rape in England and Wales in each quarter from the start of January 2010 to the end of September 2022.

Answered on

20 January 2023

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants prosecuted for, or convicted of, the offence of rape. However, management information is held showing the number of defendants by prosecution outcome, flagged as involving offences of rape since 1st January 2010 to the end of September 2022 by quarter. The tables below show the number of completed prosecutions and convictions in rape flagged cases.

CPS RAPE FLAGGED PROSECUTION OUTCOMES

09/10-Q4

10/11-Q1

10/11-Q2

10/11-Q3

10/11-Q4

11/12-Q1

11/12-Q2

11/12-Q3

Prosecutions

1,014

956

1,096

1,052

1,107

955

959

965

Convictions

622

552

637

623

655

610

577

590

11/12-Q4

12/13-Q1

12/13-Q2

12/13-Q3

12/13-Q4

13/14-Q1

13/14-Q2

13/14-Q3

Prosecutions

985

939

917

938

898

991

957

938

Convictions

637

625

574

593

541

604

599

556

13/14-Q4

14/15-Q1

14/15-Q2

14/15-Q3

14/15-Q4

15/16-Q1

15/16-Q2

15/16-Q3

Prosecutions

1,005

1,050

1,120

1,202

1,165

1,167

1,219

1,150

Convictions

589

606

644

666

666

688

691

666

15/16-Q4

16/17-Q1

16/17-Q2

16/17-Q3

16/17-Q4

17/18-Q1

17/18-Q2

17/18-Q3

Prosecutions

1,108

1,390

1,283

1,256

1,265

1,120

1,151

1,159

Convictions

645

782

747

747

719

668

672

678

17/18-Q4

18/19-Q1

18/19-Q2

18/19-Q3

18/19-Q4

19/20-Q1

19/20-Q2

19/20-Q3

Prosecutions

1,098

985

814

684

561

593

505

524

Convictions

628

625

504

445

359

386

350

362

19/20-Q4

20/21-Q1

20/21-Q2

20/21-Q3

20/21-Q4

21/22-Q1

21/22-Q2

21/22-Q3

Prosecutions

480

218

306

486

547

601

600

661

Convictions

341

174

223

336

376

398

407

467

21/22-Q4

22/23-Q1

22/23-Q2

Prosecutions

675

622

517

Convictions

461

430

320

Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System

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Attorney General
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