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Warning as sex crime reports soar: ‘This can’t go on

Rapes recorded by police have hit a high – and contributed to a record 6.5million crime reports in total for England and Wales.

After sexual offences fell in the ­pandemic, the Office for National ­Statistics saw ‘substantial increases’.

‘This huge increase in sexual violence, in particular rape, reported to the police is seriously alarming and a stark reminder that the government needs to get a grip on staggeringly low conviction rates and horrendous court delays,’ said Diana Fawcett, of Victim Support. ‘Things simply can’t go on like this – women deserve better.’

The 196,889 sex offences in the year to June were up 20 per cent year-on -year. Rapes reports have nearly doubled in six years, to a high of 70,600, as domestic abuse cases rose to 912,181.

They made up part of 6.5million total crimes recorded in the period – the most since records began in 2002, and up 12 per cent on a year before.

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