Reported rape rates in London and inclusion in violent crime statistics

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Somewhere today I read that one rape an hour is reported in London. Also, that rape ( or reported rape?) is not included in violent crime statistics. I cannot now find the source. It was something unenthusiastic about the London Mayor. I thought it might have caught the attention of a Mumsnetter but have not seen a thread.

Im surprised it is so low a rate, given that rape is basically legal in the UK. Our conviction rates from report have dropped below 2% again.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5541847-violence-against-women-and-girls-rises-despite-labour-manifesto-pledge

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Stats came as a result of an FOI request to the Met

I haven't read the report, but here it is

www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/disclosure-2025/august-2025/rape-sexual-offence-april2022-march2025/

When police data is collated rape (and sexual assault) reports are categorized with other assaults under violence against the person stats. That’s how they are normally reported though, obviously, anyone can access the various figures and define their own set of crimes to group together and report on. But it’s not the standard way police stats are handled.

But the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) normally reports sexual
crimes and domestic violence separately, in large part because it asks about them separately in an attempt to get better data. There is ongoing advocacy to change the headings used that has resulted in them being boldly caveated and having the data sets reported side by side in the overview bulletin so that people like politicians and reporters have all the violent crime right in front of them.

I had a quick look, and although they have supplied numbers in relation to the different categories as requested, but not sure it tells us much.

Increase could just be more women prepared to report.

Although it does show that women are waiting longer and longer for the case to go to court.