Sexual Offences David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of sexual assault were reported in (a) England and (b) each of the regions (i) in total and (ii) in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last three years. Mr. Coaker The available information relates to offences recorded by the police in England and in each region and is given in the table. Statistics for parliamentary constituencies are not available centrally. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of offences | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Region |Rape|Sexual assault1|Total| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |555|1,383|1,938| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |1,757|4,033|5,790| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |1,278|2,919|4,197| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |1,112|2,475|3,587| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |1,370|3,380|4,750| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |1,251|2,774|4,025| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |2,575|5,832|8,407| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |1,633|4,118|5,751| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |1,201|2,558|3,759| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |12,732|29,472|42,204| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-05 |||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |578|1,201|1,779| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |1,836|3,693|5,529| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |1,335|2,433|3,768| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |1,141|2,476|3,617| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |1,574|3,012|4,586| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |1,290|2,424|3,714| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |2,453|4,985|7,438| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |1,966|3,874|5,840| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |1,266|2,297|3,563| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |13,439|26,395|39,834| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |690|1,236|1,926| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |1,807|3,255|5,062| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |1,438|2,442|3,880| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |1,200|2,287|3,487| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |1,552|2,825|4,377| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |1,430|2,203|3,633| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |2,404|4,486|6,890| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |2,113|3,573|5,686| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |1,200|2,198|3,398| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |13,834|24,505|38,339| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Includes recorded offences of indecent assault on a male or female and sexual assault on a male or female.Note:The Sexual Offences Act 2003, introduced in May 2004, altered the definition and coverage of sexual offences.|||| 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