Women and Equality written question – answered at on 5 November 2008.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many women were victims of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) forced marriage, (d) sexual exploitation and (e) trafficking in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) police force area.
Data on these crimes are collected in a number of ways. Where appropriate the Government do hold data on the number of recorded offences made to the police by women. However, these data are not broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Rape:
The following table provides a breakdown by police force area for recorded offences of rape of a female for the last three years:
Recorded offences of rape of a female by police force area | |||
Number of offences | |||
Police force area | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
Avon and Somerset | 295 | 393 | 352 |
Bedfordshire | 188 | 141 | 106 |
British Transport Police | 17 | 16 | 14 |
Cambridgeshire | 193 | 193 | 198 |
Cheshire | 165 | 150 | 140 |
Cleveland | 158 | 125 | 130 |
Cumbria | 73 | 63 | 78 |
Derbyshire | 253 | 253 | 217 |
Devon and Cornwall | 361 | 355 | 360 |
Dorset | 166 | 115 | 192 |
Durham | 129 | 76 | 117 |
Dyfed-Powys | 79 | 92 | 66 |
Essex | 352 | 324 | 264 |
Gloucestershire | 145 | 150 | 130 |
Greater Manchester | 769 | 767 | 712 |
Gwent | 112 | 132 | 164 |
Hampshire | 618 | 592 | 549 |
Hertfordshire | 197 | 179 | 163 |
Humberside | 323 | 264 | 237 |
Kent | 413 | 368 | 379 |
Lancashire | 299 | 257 | 232 |
Leicestershire | 287 | 275 | 315 |
Lincolnshire | 169 | 147 | 154 |
London, City of | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Merseyside | 356 | 274 | 231 |
Metropolitan Police | 2,249 | 2,144 | 1,792 |
Norfolk | 209 | 147 | 128 |
Northamptonshire | 152 | 147 | 138 |
Northumbria | 325 | 307 | 232 |
North Wales | 156 | 99 | 142 |
North Yorkshire | 134 | 128 | 121 |
Nottinghamshire | 236 | 223 | 209 |
South Wales | 193 | 240 | 232 |
South Yorkshire | 294 | 241 | 219 |
Staffordshire | 267 | 265 | 224 |
Suffolk | 192 | 161 | 151 |
Surrey | 135 | 134 | 144 |
Sussex | 399 | 413 | 293 |
Thames Valley | 425 | 411 | 356 |
Warwickshire | 75 | 93 | 96 |
West Mercia | 212 | 208 | 229 |
West Midlands | 856 | 834 | 748 |
West Yorkshire | 558 | 579 | 563 |
Wiltshire | 138 | 141 | 128 |
England and Wales | 13,327 | 12,624 | 11,648 |
The Government collect domestic violence data purely for police performance measurements purposes. Published domestic violence arrest rates for 2006-07 and 2005-06 by police force area can be found at
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/performance-and-measurement/performance-assessment/.
The domestic violence figures for 2007-08 by police force area will be published shortly on the Home Office website, as part of the release of information relating to police performance 2007-08.
Forced marriage:
The forced marriage unit have been keeping statistics on reportings of forced marriage since January 2008. It is not possible to provide a breakdown by police force area for this crime. Between January and September 2008 the forced marriage unit has handled 1,180 incidents of forced marriage or potential forced marriage.
Sexual exploitation and trafficking:
The Government do not hold figures on how many women were the victims of sexual exploitation or trafficking. The Government have delivered two national enforcement campaigns against trafficking for sexual exploitation, involving all 55 police forces. During Operation Pentameter 1, 88 victims of trafficking were recovered, and during Operation Pentameter 2, this number was doubled to 167 (13 of whom were children).
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