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WQ.69/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY M.R. LE HEGARAT OF ST. HELIER NORTH QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2023 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 27th FEBRUARY 2023
Question
“Will the Minister state –
- how many domestic violence incidents were recorded in 2021 and 2022; and, of these, how many resulted in successful prosecutions;
- how many rape allegations were recorded in 2021 and 2022; and, of these, how many resulted in successful prosecutions; and
- in respect of the rape allegations, how many identified a suspect?”
Answer
- There were 1151 domestic abuse incidents during 2021 and 1084 during 2022.
From these incidents or initial calls for service, 425 criminal investigations were opened in 2021 and 403 criminal investigations were opened in 2022.
From these 828 criminal investigations opened through 2021 & 2022.
Currently 178 have progressed to court. 17 cases where discontinued and 10 were found ‘Not guilty’, leaving 151 successful prosecutions.
- During 2021 55 Rape allegations were made. During 2022 58 rape allegations were made.
Currently from these 113 criminal investigations opened through 2021 & 2022, five have progressed to court.
1 was discontinued and 4 were found ‘not guilty’.
32 criminal investigations are currently still live.
(On average Rape Criminal Investigations will take over one year to get from the reported crime date to a court date).
- From the 55 rape allegations during 2021, 43 criminal investigations identified a potential suspect.
From the 58 rape allegations during 2022, 54 criminal investigations identified a potential suspect.