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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11573 and Warwickshire Police 11574
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 2 April 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
The number of recorded sexual offences against children aged under 18, for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, broken down by age and gender of victims (by individual year of age where possible)
The number of recorded sexual offences against under 18s for the above time frame that had a cyber flag attached.
The number of recorded sexual offences against children aged under 18, for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, broken down by age and gender of victims (by individual year of age where possible)
The number of recorded sexual offences against under 18s for the above time frame that had a cyber flag attached.
Please note, we are aware that changes to recording practice mean police are now able to flag offences where children have been sexually abused, however as the ONS notes "the data quality for these figures is variable across police forces" we would still like to be sent the actual number of sexual offences against children under 18 based on your records.
We are also aware that some data is published by the ONS about child sexual offences with a cyber flag. However this data only includes flags relating to specific offence codes, whereas we are interested in all sexual offences against under 18 year olds with a cyber flag.
REPLY: Please see attached tables