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Met Police reporting/charge statistics April-Sept 2012 as reported by the guardian online Oct 2012
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"In greater London, the latest figures show the reporting of rape is down 15% from April to the end of September to 1,444 reports, compared with 1,712 for the same period last year.
"This is a concern for us," said Duthie. "Is that because there's less rape happening, is it because we are intervening earlier in domestic violence or is it because there are fewer people reporting?
"If they are not reporting, why are they not reporting? Is it because victims are losing confidence because there is a perception they won't get justice, and people wont get charged? We are doing significant work at the moment with our partners looking into all of that."
He said that although reporting of rapes was down, detections were up since he had taken over – with 330 men charged between April to September this year compared with 259 in the same period last year."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oc...rape-crackdown
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"In greater London, the latest figures show the reporting of rape is down 15% from April to the end of September to 1,444 reports, compared with 1,712 for the same period last year.
"This is a concern for us," said Duthie. "Is that because there's less rape happening, is it because we are intervening earlier in domestic violence or is it because there are fewer people reporting?
"If they are not reporting, why are they not reporting? Is it because victims are losing confidence because there is a perception they won't get justice, and people wont get charged? We are doing significant work at the moment with our partners looking into all of that."
He said that although reporting of rapes was down, detections were up since he had taken over – with 330 men charged between April to September this year compared with 259 in the same period last year."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oc...rape-crackdown
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