Historic sex abuse enquiry

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Dear West Mercia Police,

As you may be a wear there are calls to scrap investigations into historic child sex abuse cases.

I would like to know figures of child sex abuse cases brought to West Mercia policefrom 2012-2015.

Yours faithfully,

Leanne Brommage

Yours faithfully,

Leanne Brommage

Information Compliance West Mercia, West Mercia Police

Dear Ms Brommage

In order to proceed with your request we require clarification as it is not currently clear what you require.
Please would you clarify your request:

Do you require the number of child sex abuse cases reported to West Mercia Police between 2012-2015 or the number of historic child sex abuse cases reported to West Mercia police between 2012-2015. If it is the latter, please advise what you deem to be `historic`.

Yours sincerely

Mrs R Williams
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police

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Dear Information Compliance West Mercia,

Cases reported between 2012-2015 that had occurred during he 1980-1990

Yours sincerely,

Leanne Brommage

Information Compliance West Mercia, West Mercia Police

 
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Information Compliance West Mercia, West Mercia Police

Dear Ms Brommage
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI 7720/16
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
on 4th October 2016.  Please find below the response to your request:
Figures of child sex abuse cases brought to West Mercia police reported
between 2012-2015 that had occurred during 1980-1990.
REPLY: Please see the below for all Rape and Sexual offences reported
between 1st January 2012 and 31st December 2015 under the following Home
Office crimetree categories excluding any no crime offences:
 
(HO Codes 19A, 19B, 19C,19D,19E,19F, 19G, 19H, 017, 017A, 017B, 018, 020,
020A,020B, 021, 022, 022A, 022B, 023, 025, 070, 071, 072, 073, 088B, 88A,
88B, 88C, 88D, and 88E)
 
The data set has been limited to where the victims age was 16 years old or
under at the offence start date and the offence start date was between 1st
January 1980 and 31st December 1990.
 
Please note as with all historic offences, the actual start date and the
age of the victim at the time of the offences is not always reliable.
 

2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
58 50 46 86 240

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Yours sincerely
 
Mrs R Williams
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
PO Box 55
Hindlip
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