Sexual assault in hospitals

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/002951/N

Version Date: 19/03/2025

The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Searches were completed on Niche between 01/01/2022 – 20/02/2025 using the following Home Office codes:

Sexual Offences:

• 017/13, 017/14, 017/15, 017/16
• 020/03, 020/04, 020/05, 020/06
• 021/02, 021/03, 021/04, 021/05, 021/10, 021/11, 021/12, 021/13, 021/14, 021/15, 021/16, 021/17, 021/22, 021/23, 021/24, 021/25, 021/26, 021/27
• 022/02, 022/03, 022/04, 022/05, 022/06, 022/07, 022/08, 022/09, 022/10, 022/11, 022/12, 022/13, 022/14, 022/15, 022/16, 022/17, 022/18, 022/19, 022/20, 022/21, 022/22, 022/23, 022/24, 022/25, 022/26, 022/30
• 023/04, 023/05, 023/08, 023/06, 023/07, 023/09, 023/10, 023/11, 023/12, 023/13, 023/14, 023/15, 023/16, 023/17, 023/18, 023/19, 023/20, 023/22, 023/21, 023/23, 023/24, 023/25, 023/26, 023/27, 023/28, 023/29, 023/30, 023/37, 023/36, 023/35, 023/34, 023/33, 023/32, 023/31
• 070/01, 070/02, 070/03, 070/04, 070/05, 070/06, 070/07, 070/08, 070/09, 070/10, 070/11, 070/24, 070/23, 070/22, 070/20, 070/21, 070/19, 070/18, 070/16, 070/17, 070/15, 070/14, 070/12, 070/13
• 071/01, 071/02, 071/03, 071/04, 071/05, 071/06, 071/07, 071/08, 071/09, 071/10, 071/11, 071/12, 071/13, 071/14, 071/15, 071/16, 071/17
• 073/07, 073/08, 073/09, 073/10, 073/11, 073/12, 073/13, 073/14, 073/15, 073/16, 073/17, 073/18
• 088/01, 088/02, 088/03, 088/04, 088/05, 088/06, 088/07, 088/09, 088/10, 088/11, 088/12, 088/13, 088/14, 088/15
• 175/08

Rape:

• 019/07, 019/08, 019/09, 019/10, 019/11, 019/12, 019/13, 019/14, 019/16, 019/17, 019/18, 019/19

The occurrence locations were filtered on the following:

• Location – Location Subtype of ‘Hospital’ or
• Occ. Add. Building Name containing the keyword ‘Hospital’ or
• Occ. Add. Common name containing the keyword ‘Hospital’ and Alliance Information Management Department Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police Working together to serve the public
• Occ. Add. Link Classification containing the keyword ‘occurrence’ (meaning that this is more likely to capture the occurrences that occurred at these addresses, reducing the number of occurrences that were simply reported at the address only.)

The returned data was reviewed to obtain ward data and determine relevance.

1. How many reports have been made to the force of sexual assaults which are alleged to have taken place at hospitals in the Dorset Police area since January 1st 2022?

32

2. How many reports have been made to the force of rape which are alleged to have taken place at hospitals in the Dorset Police area since January 1st 2022?

7

3. How many of the above points 1 and 2 were reported to have taken place in a location described as a ‘hospital ward’?

8

4. How many people have been charged with sexual assault/rape regarding points 1 and 2 above?

3