More than eight in 10 women and girls who were sexual attacked had been targeted by people known to them, largely debunking the myth that females are at most at danger from strangers.
Meanwhile, victims of physical assaults were more likely to be beaten by their partner or ex partner than anyone else, including strangers. Some 39 per cent of women, and 18 percent of men, who were physically assaulted were attacked by a current or ex partner.”
In the 30-44 years sex crime victim group, 40 per cent of them were attacked by partners or ex partners, though that fell to 18 per cent for those sex crime victims aged 18 to 29 years or aged 45 years or older.The new data is outlined in a study of sexual offences - including rapes - and physical assaults carried out by the CSO.
Overall, it was determined 83 per cent of people who reported a sexual crime had been attacked by a person known to them, meaning 17 of crimes were at the hands of strangers.In general, when people were sexually attack by a stranger, in 94 per cent of cases the crime was reported within a year. However, if the suspect was a blood relative, more victims took longer to report the crimes, with 76 per cent of those offences reported within a year.
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