In one in seven (15%) cases of detected sexual violence in 2020, both the victim and suspected offender were under 18 years of age

• Males accounted for seven out of every ten (69%) victims of reported homicide crime incidents in 2021 and over half (56%) of reported physical assault and related offences
• Four out of five (82%) victims of reported sexual violence incidents in 2021 were female and more than half (56%) were aged under 18 years when the offence took place
• Almost all (98%) suspected offenders of detected sexual violence reported in 2020 were male and one sixth were aged under 18 years when the offence took place.

The proportion of victims of reported physical assault and related offences who were female was 44% in 2021, down slightly from 2020 (45%). However, these were higher than the 41% recorded in both 2019 and 2018. This may be attributable to the relatively larger decline in the number of male assault victims in 2020 and 2021 linked to the varying levels of COVID-19 restrictions in place at the time.”

Recorded Crime statistics continue to be categorised as Statistics Under Reservation