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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the investigative
outcomes, including charges, of rape offences recorded by the police in England and
Wales, on a quarterly basis.</p><p>These can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>The
Ministry of Justice collects and publishes information on outcomes (including convictions)
by offence, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fcriminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022&data=05%7C01%7CChristopher.Linehan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1e40732191f444aec7d308db5c390f7e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638205172361328991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kpDqFqeKArZDS2zpuaOrjOWZFkC2UYI4uqyoHCcQv8M%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022</a></p><p>The
number of charged/summonsed, and as % of the total number of outcomes, for rape offences
recorded in the period by the police in England and Wales, 2019/20 to year ending
December 2022 (excluding GMP and Devon and Cornwall police), source: Home Office,
Police recorded crime:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Charged</p></td><td><p>Proportion
(%) of investigative outcomes which result in charged/summonsed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2,904</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2,911</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE
Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Dec 2022</p></td><td><p>3,446</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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