Facts and statistics:
Prevalence, recording, prosecutions and convictions
Prevalence year end 2020 (19)
773,000 sexual offences (including attempts)
139,000 rapes (including attempts)
Recorded by police year end 2020 (20)
104,091 sexual offences
58,845 rapes
Prosecutions year end 2020 (21)
8,866 sexual offences
2,102 rapes
Convictions year end 2020 (22)
7,441 sexual offences
1,439 rapes
Since 2017, the number of prosecutions for rape has dropped year on year. Rape prosecutions reached an all-time low of just 2,102 for year ending March 2020 (23) of which only 1,439 resulted in a conviction.