I have been advised by the PSNI that statistics are collected by District Command Units which are coterminous with council areas. These statistics are set out in the following table. The data are not collated by other areas and therefore not available broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Sexual assaults PSNI District Command Units 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Antrim 22 33 44 Ards 39 57 43 East Belfast 66 46 63 North Belfast 75 72 66 South Belfast 94 90 99 West Belfast 45 38 45 Carrickfergus 24 14 25 Castlereagh 15 31 28 Larne 27 14 16 Lisburn 65 69 78 Newtownabbey 49 51 54 North Down 40 49 46 Urban region total 561 564 607 Armagh 26 26 25 Ballymena 46 58 48 Ballymoney 13 13 14 Banbridge 21 18 19 Coleraine 42 58 Cookstown 12 17 14 Craigavon 46 67 54 Down 31 42 32 Dungannon and South Tyrone 28 21 28 Fermanagh 31 24 43 Foyle 115 139 135 Limavady 25 23 32 Magherafelt 18 21 24 Moyle 11 12 6 Newry and Mourne 36 35 47 Omagh 36 38 49 Strabane 28 23 35 Rural region total 565 635 647 Northern Ireland 1,126 1,199 1,254 Note:Sexual assault includes the following offences: rape, attempted rape, indecent assault on a female, indecent assault on a female child, indecent assault on a male, indecent assault on a male child.
Data relating to the number and percentage of serious sexual crimes reported that result in a conviction are not available as figures relating to recorded crime are collected on a different basis from those of prosecutions and convictions. Recorded crime figures relate to the number of notifiable crimes reported whereas prosecutions and convictions refer to the number of offenders who have been subsequently charged for offences. In addition, recorded crime figures incorporate each offence as initially recorded and these may differ from the offence for which a suspect or suspects are subsequently proceeded against.
Table 1-3 gives the number of prosecutions and convictions for indictable sexual offences by individual offence and percentage of prosecutions that resulted in a conviction.
Data cover the calendar years 2003 to 2005, the latest available years and are collated on the principal offence rule; thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
Offence Prosecutions Convictions Percentage Rape 26 8 31 Attempted rape1 5 2 40 Buggery 2 1 50 Gross indecency with child 8 6 75 Buggery with boy under 16 years of age 1 1 100 Buggery with woman 1 0 0 Buggery with girl 1 0 0 Gross indecency with a male under 21 years 1 1 100 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14 1 1 100 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17 5 5 100 Indecent assault on female 90 57 63 Indecent assault on male 11 6 55 Indecent assault on female child 7 3 43 Indecent assault on male child 1 0 0 Indecent exposure with intent to assault a female 6 2 33 Bigamy 2 2 100 Distributing indecent photographs of children 1 0 0 Possessing indecent photograph of a child 3 2 67 Taking indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photographs of children 10 9 90 Copying indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photograph(s) of children 1 1 100 Taking indecent photographs 1 1 100 Total 184 108 59 1 Includes assault with intent to rape.
Offence Prosecutions Convictions Percentage Rape 29 15 52 Attempted rape1 8 3 38 Gross indecency with child 5 3 60 Buggery with male person, 16 years or over without consent 1 0 0 Buggery with boy under 16 years of age 11 6 55 Buggery with woman 1 1 100 Buggery with girl 3 1 33 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14 4 4 100 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17 3 2 67 Indecent assault on female 89 57 64 Indecent assault on male 20 17 85 Indecent assault on female child 8 3 38 Indecent assault on male child 6 4 67 Indecent exposure with intent to assault a female 3 2 67 Distributing indecent photographs of children 1 1 100 Possession of indecent or pseudo photograph(s) with a view to distribution 1 1 100 Taking indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photographs of children 9 8 89 Copying indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photograph(s) of children 2 2 100 Making indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photograph (s) of children 7 7 100 Total 211 137 65 1 Includes assault with intent to rape.
Offence Prosecutions Convictions Percentage Rape 21 4 19 Attempted rape1 9 4 44 Gross indecency with child 10 6 60 Buggery with boy under 16 years of age 3 1 33 Buggery with girl 2 0 0 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14 4 3 75 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17 4 4 100 Permitting girl under 17 to use premises for intercourse 1 1 100 Incest by man 1 1 100 Forcibly abducting a female with intent to carnally know her 1 0 0 Indecent assault on female 85 51 60 Indecent assault on male 16 11 69 Indecent assault on female child 20 18 90 Indecent assault on male child 8 5 63 Indecent exposure with intent to assault a female 5 2 40 Exposure 3 3 100 Voyeurism 2 2 100 Sex offender failing to notify police of change of address 7 6 86 Breach of interim Sex Offender' s Prevention Order 1 1 100 Bigamy 1 1 100 Distributing indecent photographs of children 2 1 50 Possessing indecent photograph of a child 2 0 0 Taking indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photographs of children 1 1 100 Making indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photograph (s) of children 11 10 91 Total 220 136 62 1 Includes assault with intent to rape.
Table 1 gives the number of prosecutions and convictions for sexual offences by individual offence.
Data cover the calendar years 2003 to 2005 and are collated on the principal offence rule; thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
2003 2004 2005 Offence Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Rape 26 8 29 15 21 4 Attempted rape1 5 2 8 3 9 4 Buggery 2 1 0 0 0 0 Gross indecency with child 8 6 5 3 10 6 Buggery with male person, 16 years or over without consent 0 0 1 0 0 0 Buggery with boy under 16 years of age 1 1 11 6 3 1 Buggery with woman 1 0 1 1 0 0 Buggery with girl 1 0 3 1 2 0 Gross indecency with a male under 21 years 1 1 0 0 0 0 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14 1 1 4 4 4 3 Unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17 5 5 3 2 4 4 Permitting girl under 17 to use premises for intercourse 0 0 0 0 1 1 Incest by man 0 0 0 0 1 1 Forcibly abducting a female with intent to carnally know her 0 0 0 0 1 0 Indecent assault on female 90 57 89 57 85 51 Indecent assault on male 11 6 20 17 16 11 Indecent assault on female child 7 3 8 3 20 18 Indecent assault on male child 1 0 6 4 8 5 Indecent exposure with intent to assault a female 6 2 3 2 5 2 Exposure 0 0 0 0 3 3 Voyeurism 0 0 0 0 2 2 Sex offender failing to notify police of change of address 0 0 0 0 7 6 Breach of interim Sex Offender’s Prevention Order 0 0 0 0 1 1 Bigamy 2 2 0 0 1 1 Distributing indecent photographs of children 1 0 1 1 2 1 Possessing indecent photographs of children 1 1 1 1 2 2 Possessing indecent photograph of a child 3 2 0 0 2 0 Possession of indecent or pseudo photograph(s) with a view to distribution 0 0 1 1 0 0 Taking indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photographs of children 10 9 9 8 1 1 Copying indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photograph(s) of children 1 1 2 2 0 0 Making indecent photograph(s) or pseudo photograph (s) of children 0 0 7 7 11 10 Taking indecent photographs 1 1 0 0 0 0 Failure to provide information to police on sex offences 6 6 6 4 3 3 Brothel keeping 0 0 1 1 3 3 Soliciting 0 0 1 1 0 0 Total 191 115 220 144 228 144 1 Includes assault with intent to rape.