Massage related sexual assaults

Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-149

Version date: 25/02/2022

1/ Please provide the annual number of reports or complaints of sexual assaults (including rapes) where the alleged perpetrator was a massage therapist (or masseur/masseuse) from 2018 to 2021 inclusive. Please break down the annual figure by gender and age of the victim and the gender of the perpetrator, where known.

2/ Please provide the annual number of offences for a) sexual assault and b) rape where the alleged perpetrator was a massage therapist (or masseur/masseuse) from 2018 to 2021 inclusive. Please break down the annual figure by outcome (charge, evidential difficulties etc.), gender and age of the victim, and the gender of the perpetrator, where known.

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:

We have downloaded details of all sexual offences during the period 1st Jan 2018 to 31st Dec 2021 with a keyword search on the occurrence summary for the keywords `massage therapist’, `massuer’ and `massuese’.

This has identified one sexual assault in 2019.

The outcome of this offence was “Investigation complete no suspect identified”.

The victim was a man in his thirties and the suspect was female.