Sexual Assaults at Hospital
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003779/X
Version Date: 22/10/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Searches were completed in Niche for crimes with the Crimsec 3 description of Rape Female, Rape Male, Sexual Assault Female or Sexual Assault Male, and have an occurrence address containing the word “Hospital” or lists Hospital as a location subtype.
All returned occurrences have been reviewed to determine if the offence took place on hospital grounds and if so, if the suspect was an NHS worker and if the offence took place on a ward.
- In the years 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025, how many police reports alleging rape and/or sexual assault on a hospital site were made?
|
Year |
Count |
|
2020 |
19 |
|
2021 |
18 |
|
2022 |
10 |
|
2023 |
10 |
|
2024 |
9 |
|
2025 (-22/09/2025) |
12 |
|
Total |
78 |
- Of these, how many of the alleged perpetrators worked for the NHS at the time of the offence?
|
Year |
Count |
|
2020 |
12 |
|
2021 |
13 |
|
2022 |
4 |
|
2023 |
6 |
|
2024 |
3 |
|
2025 (-22/09/2025) |
5 |
|
Total |
43 |
- Of these, how many of the alleged offences took place on hospital wards?
|
Year |
Count |
|
2020 |
10 |
|
2021 |
6 |
|
2022 |
3 |
|
2023 |
5 |
|
2024 |
4 |
|
2025 (-22/09/2025) |
4 |
|
Total |
32 |
Please note that there were 17 occurrences that do not have this information listed.
- How many of these accusations led to a charge?
|
Year |
Count |
|
2020 |
2 |
|
2022 |
2 |
|
2023 |
1 |
|
Total |
5 |