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<p>The number of offenders found guilty of sexual offences, broken down to those found
guilty of rape and of other sexual offences, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016
can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Offenders
found guilty at all courts of sexual offences, England and Wales, 2012 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>5,728</p></td><td><p>5,665</p></td><td><p>6,251</p></td><td><p>6,885</p></td><td><p>7,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of
which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>1,121</p></td><td><p>1,164</p></td><td><p>1,297</p></td><td><p>1,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Others</p></td><td><p>4,583</p></td><td><p>4,544</p></td><td><p>5,087</p></td><td><p>5,588</p></td><td><p>6,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
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</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to
persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt
with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence
for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for
two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory
maximum penalty is the most severe. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(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.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice
Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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