Sexual Assaults

I would like to request information regarding the number of reports Cheshire Constabulary has received of sexual assaults against a child, under the age of 18 also including those under the age of 10, where the reported offender was a child, under the age of 18 including those under the age of 10, in the last five years, from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2010, inclusive.

I would like the information broken down by the age of the reported victim, the age of the reported offender and the date on which the alleged offence occurred.

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Please see Child Victims of Sexual Assault

Please see the comments below from the researcher who compiled the information:

I have included the reported date, occurred date, age of victim and age of offender (where known).

I have shown cases involving victims and offenders under 10 - as well as under 18 - in the table at the top of each page.

I have included all reported incidents where the victim was aged under 18 at the date of the crime. I have also included incidents where the victim's age is not available, e.g where the occurrence date is not recorded, but where the recorded offence indicates the victim was under 18 when the offence occurred , e.g. 'Sexual assault of a female child under 13'.

In cases where there was one victim - but more than one offender - I have highlighted the data in green (these instances are recorded only once in the victim counts but as many times as they occur in the offender totals).

In many cases we have no details of the offender - hence there are quite a high number of instances where the offender's age is shown as not known