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The information requested is provided in the following table.
Number acquitted Found guilty Female rape offences Rape of a female child under 13 by a male 4 2004 7 5 Rape of a female aged under 16 1997 235 198 1998 335 221 1999 342 247 2000 335 206 2001 259 178 2002 149 217 2003 346 254 2004 316 275 Rape of a female aged 16 or over 1997 522 286 1998 628 323 1999 589 268 2000 546 277 2001 533 272 2002 261 291 2003 617 294 2004 600 325 Male rape offences Rape of a male child under 13 by a male4 2004 1 1 Rape of a male aged under 16 1997 20 24 1998 25 15 1999 38 37 2000 34 24 2001 20 26 2002 13 31 2003 21 29 2004 34 28 Rape of a male aged 16 or over 1997 15 9 1998 14 12 1999 24 9 2000 21 12 2001 19 18 2002 11 9 2003 17 6 2004 6 10 1 Includes defendants discharged and dismissed at magistrates courts and ‘not tried’ and acquitted at crown courts. 2 These data are provided on the principal offence basis. 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 police forces and courts. 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 Offences came into effect in 2004 when the sexual Offences act 2003 came into force.