The Crime Statistics Agency has today released a new 'In Fact' research paper on alleged offending committed by male offenders against female victims. It focuses on non-driving homicide, assault, sexual offence and stalking and associated offence incidents.
Key findings from In Fact 13 include:
- Most (77%) assault, sexual offence and stalking alleged offender incidents for the year ending 31 March 2024 were committed by male offenders, predominately against female victims.
- There has been a 25% increase in sexual offence alleged offender incidents involving adult male offenders and female victims over the 10 years to 31 March 2023.
- 86% of the unique adult male alleged offenders in the study had a family-related non-driving homicide, assault, stalking or sexual offence against a female victim recorded in the 10 years to 31 March 2024.
For more information:
The fact sheet is available here.