The majority of victims in cases of sexual assault, attempted murder and harassment knew their offender, according to the latest CSO statistics on crime victims and offenders.
The majority of victims in cases of sexual assault, attempted murder, and harassment knew their offender, according to the latest CSO statistics on crime victims and offenders.Seven out of ten victims of sexual assault knew their abuser, while two thirds of all victims of attempted murder, harassment and related offences also knew the offender.
These include friends and relatives in 14% of cases of sexual assault, with current or former partners accounting for another 7%. The perpetrator was a stranger to the victim in around three out of ten cases of sexual assault and slightly higher in cases of attempted or threats to murder, harassment and related offences.
The figures also show that four out of five victims of sexual offences are female, half are under 18, while in one in five detected sex offences, the victim and offender are male. Almost two thirds of victims report a sexual assault within a year, but one in five wait over ten years before reporting the crime.In cases of assault, most victims are male while the majority of victims of harassment and related offences, 68%, are women.Men commit the majority of the most serious crimes.Men comprise 85% of offenders in cases of homicide and 81% in cases of attempted or threats to murder, assault, harassment and related offences.
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