The Landscape in Sussex

in 2010 we had 1421 calls on the telephone helpline= 118.4 a month

(open four sessions a week)

Telephone Helpline Calls in 2011:5% Experienced SV during Adulthood only27% Experienced SV during Childhood only69% Experienced SV during both Adulthood and Childhood

since Lifecentre started in 2001 we have received around 10,000 calls on the telephone helplines

Total On Text and Email Helplines combined• 2010 – 8000• 2011 – 30,000

Text helpline service • 2010 Total texts in 4817 individuals 59, new users 53 • 2011Average 2350 texts in per month 2011 Email Helpline service averages 2000 emails received a yearover 160 per month

Lifecentre Tel Helpline stats:

In 2011

• 70% female, 3% male, 27% silent• 10% 1st time callers• 34% were known to us as having

reported to the police

Police Service5%

Phone Lines - Self Referral19%

Health Service Primary Care13%

Health Service Secondary Care3%

Social Service5%

Mental Health Service 4%

Drug & Alcohol Team4%

Other Agencies15%

S.A.R.C (Saturn Centre)16%

CAHMS4%

Family Member7%

School /EWO3%

Connexions3%

Adult Clients, Supporters & Under 18's Face to Face Counselling Source of Referrals from 1/1/11 to 31/10/11

Total 276 clients

Lifecentre face2face client stats:in 2011, of a total of around 300 clients, all ages…• 88% were female; 12% male (2010: 19% male)• 2010: 37% reported to the police

2011: 51% reported to the police• 21% were referred to us from the police/SARC

(SARC = 38 Females; 4 Males; 16%)• 27% were raped/sexually abused as adults; 66%

as children and 7% in adulthood as well as during their childhood

• 54% abused in a domestic context

Demand for Face to Face Counselling Increasing

January to October 2011 Lifecentre has delivered 2,450 individual counselling sessions.

This represents a 28% increase in number of sessions delivered in 2010.

Based on indices of multiple deprivation...

• 16% of our clients come from wards which are ranked within the bottom two deciles nationally (as compared to the 7% of the population in the areas we serve who live in such wards in total).

• 33% of our clients are from wards in the bottom decile locally.

Client Feedback

97% of clients receiving F2F counselling considered they had “mostly benefitted or benefitted a lot” from their course of counselling.

“This incident in my life has lost all it’s power. I am ready to get on with the rest of

my life now.” rape survivor - man in his late 30’s

according to the British Crime Survey 2007/8:

• Five percent of all women have experienced rape

• but only 15 percent of people report sexual crimes to the police

• Of those that do report, 70% of cases are lost before the case makes it to court.

In Sussex April 10 - March 11…

• 1157 serious sexual offences were reported to the Police

• 492 rape incidents (including attempts) reported

Only around 6% of recorded cases of rape reach a conviction in court nationally

(based on comparing convictions with all cases reported)

In Sussex: CPS only measures the conviction rate for those cases that are actually charged – rather than all cases

reported to the police. On this basis…

– In the year April 2010 to March 2011 attrition rate in Sussex was 44.35% ; so 55.65% conviction rate.– Sept ’09-’10 75.9% of those that went to court resulted in conviction (72.1% national average); 54.92% Sept ’10-’11 (60.52% national average)

- Jury Acquittals accounted for 59.26% of all unsuccessful outcomes in 2010-11. This compares with a jury acquittal rate of 66.67% in 2009-10.

SUSSEX – RAPE PROSECUTIONS

- significant increase in rape prosecutions : 51.31% increase recorded 1st April -31st March 2010-11

from 1st April -31st March 2009-10

- accompanied by a very large reduction in rape cases discontinued by CPS in the same period

(24.3% reduced to 16.5%)

This is due to the Merits Based ApproachIn December 2010 the DPP reinforced the ‘merits based approach.’ This requires prosecutors to deal effectively with myths and stereotypes, such as those related to

consent or alcohol consumption, when deciding whether or not there is sufficient evidence to charge and to ignore

any prejudices society might hold.

The long term trend is one of steadily increasing numbers of prosecutions for rape as shown in the

following table:

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (up to 29.11.11)

Prosecutions 38 NoData

64 55 41 70 85 94 111

Rape in Sussex 12 months to Sept 2010

• 0.31 = rate of offences per 1,000• 477 = number of rapes police

recorded • 6.1% = % no crimed

(Sept ‘10-’11: 12% no crimed – 43 out of 358)

• 22.9% = sanction detection rate

A Landscape of Challenges…

1. Sexual Violence: the Poor Relation?

2. The Need for Expert Psychological Support

3. The Challenge of People not Wanting to Report

75-95% of rapes are thought to be never reported

(‘Without Consent’, a report by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary).

Third Party Reporting FormTHIS IS A 000/20 REPORT

THIS IS NOT TO BE ALLOCATED TO A TQ.

The information within this report is not to be investigated, as outlined in the Memorandum of

Understanding that exists between Sussex Police and the Lifecentre.

This report needs to be sent to the Crime Manager and CMU manager of the

relevant Division for any necessary actions to be set.

4. The Challenge of Increasing Disclosure

5. The Challenge of Prevention

6. The Challenge of Increasing Reporting

A third of victims withdraw their complaints to the police because they are afraid of going to court.

‘Without Consent’, a report by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary