Rape cases since 2014

Request 744863679  

Under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, I am requesting the following information regarding sexual assault and rape cases in Jersey. 

For the 10 years between 2014 and 2024, please confirm the number of sexual assault and rape cases in Jersey broken down by year and by the nationality of the accused.  

1) The total number of reported sexual assault and rape cases. 

2) The number of cases that then proceeded to prosecution. 

3) The number of cases that ended in conviction.  

4) The average sentence length for convictions. 

5) The number of cases which did not result in prosecution and reason for non-prosecution. 

6) The most common age range of convicted sex offenders over the past 10 years 

7) As of the date you return this FOI to me, how many sexual offenders have been convicted in 2025? 

8) As of the date you return this FOI to me, how many reports of sexual assault and rape have there been in 2025? 

Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.   

Response

Please refer to the attached table. 

Freedom of Information response 744863679 - Attachment.pdf​

Please note that we do not have any data on question 5 for 2014 as Home Office outcomes were not introduced until 2015, therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. Where numbers are fewer than five, disclosure control has been applied to avoid identification of individuals.  Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.  

The following offence categories have been used to provide this data.   

• Abuse of trust by a sexual act against a female child 

• Buggery 

• Gross indecency with child 

• Incest 

• Indecent assault on a female 

• Indecent assault on male 

• Rape of a female 

• Rape of a female child aged 12 or younger 

• Rape of a male 

• Rape of a male child aged 12 or younger 

• Sexual penetration of a female child aged 12 or younger 

• Sexual Penetration of a female without consent 

• Sexual penetration of a male child aged 12 or younger 

• Sexual Penetration of a male without consent 

• Sexual touching of a female child aged 12 or younger 

• Sexual touching of a male child aged 12 or younger 

• Sexual touching of a male without consent 

• Sexual touching of female without consent 

• Unlawful sexual intercourse with an older female child 

• Unlawful sexual penetration of an older female child 

• Unlawful sexual penetration of an older male child 

• Unlawful sexual touching of an older female child 

• Unlawful sexual touching of an older male child 

• Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a girl under 13 years 

• Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a girl under 16 years. 

It is important to note that investigations of this nature are often complex and require substantial time to gather and present evidence suitable for prosecution. For example, of the 137 cases reported so far this year, and despite only 5 or less convictions, a number of individuals will have been charged and are currently in the court process, with an additional number still subject of live investigation.   

Articles applied  

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority” 

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if – 

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or 

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority. 

Article 25 - Personal information  

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005. 

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if – 

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in 

the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and (b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection 

principles, as defined in that Law. 

3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.