It is estimated that 2.3% of adults (3.3% of women and 1.2% of men) were victims of sexual assault in those 12 months
An official report issued in Britain concluded that in just one year, more than one million and 100,000 people in the country were subjected to sexual assaults, which constitutes an astonishing and surprising number that is much higher than the cases officially registered with the police.
According to a report issued by the Office of National Statistics in London (ONS), more than one million and 100 thousand adults were subjected to sexual assault over a 12-month period, in England and Wales only, that is, in only two out of four counties in Britain.
According to a report published by the newspaper “Metro” METRO The British, and Al Arabiya.net reviewed it. The data, which was collected from face-to-face interviews over a period of six months, found that 798,000 women and 275,000 men aged 16 and over were victims of sexual assault in the year ending in March. 2022.
It is estimated that 2.3% of adults (3.3% of women and 1.2% of men) were victims of sexual assault in those 12 months.
Expressive
These figures, contained in a report released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), include attempted assaults, and are much higher than the official figures recorded by the police.
Unlike crime data recorded by the police, the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) includes incidents that are not reported to officers.
Despite the discrepancy between this data and official police data, both the ONS and the police say there was no significant change in the prevalence of sexual assault experienced by people aged 16-59 compared to the year ending March 2020. However, both of them also recorded a significant increase in such attacks since the year ending in March 2014, as the National Statistical Office report spoke of an increase ranging between 1.3% and 2.7%.
In addition, the CSEW report said that approximately 16.6% of adults have been sexually assaulted since the age of 16. According to their statistics, 7.7% of women and 0.2% of men were victims of rape.
The National Statistics Office report highlights that the number of sexual crimes reported to the police in the year ending in March 2022 was the highest level ever recorded, with a total of 193,566 crimes.
“Police-recorded sexual offenses do not provide a reliable measure of trends, although improvements in police recording practices and increased reporting by victims have contributed to the increases in recent years,” the report says.
