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In data published by the Office for National Statistics: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/sexualoffencesinenglandan

by yorwba 9mo ago

In data published by the Office for National Statistics: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/sexualoffencesinenglandandwalesoverview/yearendingmarch2025/pdf https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeand... - survey-based estimates of sexual assault prevalence have remained about the same - police-recorded sexual offenses have gone up a lot. Partially this is attributed to stricter laws, but the inflection point coincides with Operation Yewtree investigating sexual assault allegiations that had previously been dismissed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yewtree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yewtree

delaminator 9mo ago
Do they still count victims of crime rather than crime? So if you get raped twice in a year it only counts as one victim. Because that's how Blair got the crime counts down the first time around.