Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences ⁽¹⁾, England and Wales, 2012 to 2014 ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Police Force Area

Outcome

2012

2013

2014

London⁽⁴⁾

Proceeded against

483

538

513

Found guilty

212

207

226

Cumbria

Proceeded against

31

36

48

Found guilty

18

19

33

Lancashire

Proceeded against

163

205

173

Found guilty

98

97

89

Merseyside

Proceeded against

75

88

134

Found guilty

49

45

58

Greater Manchester

Proceeded against

246

346

298

Found guilty

168

146

146

Cheshire

Proceeded against

71

88

85

Found guilty

47

47

44

Northumbria

Proceeded against

114

144

141

Found guilty

80

51

74

Durham

Proceeded against

53

61

69

Found guilty

28

29

27

North Yorkshire

Proceeded against

50

74

88

Found guilty

24

29

44

West Yorkshire

Proceeded against

135

193

306

Found guilty

94

107

139

South Yorkshire

Proceeded against

80

113

131

Found guilty

33

49

66

Humberside

Proceeded against

100

109

121

Found guilty

62

57

61

Cleveland

Proceeded against

64

68

55

Found guilty

28

27

27

West Midlands

Proceeded against

188

202

262

Found guilty

105

104

96

Staffordshire

Proceeded against

62

92

88

Found guilty

36

45

46

West Mercia

Proceeded against

87

115

158

Found guilty

59

57

69

Warwickshire

Proceeded against

31

33

54

Found guilty

25

20

25

Derbyshire

Proceeded against

81

66

86

Found guilty

48

38

46

Nottinghamshire

Proceeded against

71

46

78

Found guilty

39

37

37

Lincolnshire

Proceeded against

42

54

49

Found guilty

30

30

26

Leicestershire

Proceeded against

64

84

86

Found guilty

35

43

36

Northamptonshire

Proceeded against

43

56

70

Found guilty

31

30

32

Cambridgeshire

Proceeded against

42

69

60

Found guilty

26

38

37

Norfolk

Proceeded against

50

69

87

Found guilty

41

43

36

Suffolk

Proceeded against

39

42

52

Found guilty

27

28

28

Bedfordshire

Proceeded against

25

34

33

Found guilty

13

9

20

Hertfordshire

Proceeded against

57

59

71

Found guilty

40

33

41

Essex

Proceeded against

55

91

123

Found guilty

40

37

59

Thames Valley

Proceeded against

130

184

230

Found guilty

79

62

124

Hampshire

Proceeded against

169

171

152

Found guilty

82

78

61

Surrey

Proceeded against

56

81

59

Found guilty

30

39

29

Kent

Proceeded against

121

115

155

Found guilty

65

68

68

Sussex

Proceeded against

117

127

122

Found guilty

50

42

68

Devon and Cornwall

Proceeded against

98

94

131

Found guilty

58

61

64

Avon and Somerset

Proceeded against

112

139

137

Found guilty

68

63

68

Gloucestershire

Proceeded against

26

31

29

Found guilty

21

25

20

Wiltshire

Proceeded against

62

68

61

Found guilty

32

27

45

Dorset

Proceeded against

37

47

44

Found guilty

22

19

20

North Wales

Proceeded against

62

95

81

Found guilty

30

54

42

Gwent

Proceeded against

61

60

45

Found guilty

34

21

32

South Wales

Proceeded against

100

134

123

Found guilty

46

62

56

Dyfed-Powys

Proceeded against

32

36

52

Found guilty

22

19

23

England and Wales

Proceeded against

3,785

4,557

4,940

Found guilty

2,175

2,142

2,388

(1) Offences under SS1, 5 - 12, 15-19, 30 -41, 47-50 Sexual Offences Act 2003

(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

(4) London includes both the Metropolitan and City of London Police force areas. No results were returned from City of London Police Force area from 1 January 2012 onwards, as City of London Local Justice area was merged into other reporting areas.

Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.

Ref: PQ 30375 & 30376