CPS report shows more offenders are being successfully prosecuted for sexual crimes than ever before – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted October 11th, 2017 in child abuse, Crown Prosecution Service, domestic violence, press releases, prosecutions, reports, sexual offences, statistics, women by tracey

‘More defendants than ever before are being prosecuted and convicted for sexual offences across England and Wales, new figures reveal today. The Crown Prosecution Service’s 10th Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) report outlines the huge increases in convictions for rape (48%) and other sexual offences (79%) that have been witnessed in the decade since the first VAWG report was published in 2007-08.’

Full press release

Crown Prosecution Service, 10th October 2017

Source: www.cps.gov.uk