The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, found guilty at all courts and the number sentenced to immediate custody, received community sentences, or were given conditional and absolute discharge, for rape offences in Cleveland police force area can be viewed in the following table.
Court proceedings data are not available at the detailed area level requested.
Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.
Result Prosecuted Found guilty Immediate custody Community sentence Conditional discharge Absolute discharge 2002 32 11 11 0 0 0 2003 34 9 9 0 0 0 2004 24 10 9 1 0 0 2005 41 8 8 0 0 0 2006 32 16 16 0 0 0 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 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. 3 Includes the following statute: The Sexual Offences Act 2003, Sections 1, and 5. 4 The Sexual Offences Act 2003 came into force on 1 May 2004. Source: Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice