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by belorn 2605 days ago
Can you share the data that show the numbers of prosecutions declining per reported case, before and after the new guidance was issued?

As a comparison, I am reminded of Swedish statistics. Both people being assaulted in the home and sexually assaulted shared the same clearing rate. If rape is under-investigated in the UK we should expect those data to look very different unless both crimes are under-investigated, in which case I must ask what the norm is for which the claim of under-investigated is based on.
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DanBC 2605 days ago
The claim for under-investigation comes from the fact that in English law rape is a very serious offence, and carries a similar sentence structure as murder. There are 150,000 rapes per year (according to the annual crime survey, which probably under-counts rape) and there are only 5,000 prosecutions each year.

Here are the stats showing decline after the collapse of the high profile cases: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand...

Here are some news reports:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/06/prosecution-...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48095118

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/crime-statistics...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45650463

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