Coercive control and sexual offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003921/L
Version Date: 28/11/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Please note, Released Under Investigation (RUI) data can only be provided as a live snapshot from when the data was accessed which was the 6th November 2025. The data was downloaded, filtered on the relevant crime groups, and then manually reviewed to find the date and gender of the suspect. Occurrences that fell outside of the specified time frame were removed.
Please note, there were no offences for coercive control where the suspect was RUI.
I am writing to ask that you please provide information on how many suspects have been arrested and remain released under investigation for each of the following crimes in the past five years:
1. Coercive and controlling behaviour
2. Rape
3. Sexual assault
Please break this figure down year by year.
Ie. XX number arrested in 2020 and still under investigation, XX number in 2021.
Please also break down the figures by sex, where possible. ie. X number of male suspects, X number female.
All three suspects below were male.
|
Crimsec 3 Description |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
Rape of a female aged 16 and over |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Rape of a female child under 16 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
2 |
1 |
3 |