Removal from sex offender register
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/7192
Version Date: 13/11/2024
The Public Protection Unit have provided the following information.
Please be aware all data supplied is as we hold it on 25/10/2024
1. The number of applications you received to be removed from the sex offenders register in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 so far?
2. How many of these were approved?
|
Year |
Applied |
Removed |
|
2019 |
23 |
15 |
|
2020 |
24 |
14 |
|
2021 |
29 |
30 |
|
2022 |
24 |
18 |
|
2023 |
25 |
20 |
|
2024 |
19 |
17 |
Please Note: Applications would have overlapped a calendar year
The figure in brackets is the total number of Registered Sex Offenders (RSO’s) granted removal in that calendar year, some will have applied that year some will have applied the previous year.
This has been pulled from historic & manual recording with the potential for recording errors as we have no facility to run a simple search from ViSOR or any other system.
3. What were the offences committed by those whose applications were approved?
Please Note: An individual can be linked with more than one Index Offence, so the totals differ from Q2
|
Index Offence |
Count |
|
ABH |
1 |
|
Assault female child under 13 |
1 |
|
Assault on female by penetration |
1 |
|
Buggery |
4 |
|
Cause/incite a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity |
2 |
|
Distributing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children |
1 |
|
Engage in sexual activity in presence of child |
1 |
|
Fail to comply with notification requirements |
1 |
|
Gross indecency with child |
15 |
|
Incest |
5 |
|
Inciting child to commit act of gross indecency |
4 |
|
Indecent assault |
1 |
|
Indecent assault female over 16 |
8 |
|
Indecent assault on female under 14 |
21 |
|
Indecent assault on female under 16 |
35 |
|
Indecent assault on male under 14 |
10 |
|
Indecent assault on male under 16 |
3 |
|
Indecent assault on male under 16 |
1 |
|
Indecent images of children |
14 |
|
Intercourse with girl under 13 |
1 |
|
Intercourse with girl under 16 |
1 |
|
Lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour |
1 |
|
Not recorded |
2 |
|
Rape |
5 |
|
Rape - Female over 16 |
13 |
|
Rape - Female under 13 |
1 |
|
Rape - Female under 16 |
12 |
|
Rape - Male under 16 |
1 |
|
Sexual activity with female child under 13 |
2 |
|
Sexual activity with female child under 16 |
4 |
|
Sexual assault |
1 |
|
Sexual assault of adult female - No penetration |
2 |
|
Sexual Assault Of Female Child Under 13 |
2 |
|
Total |
177 |
4. Have any of those who submitted successful applications reoffended?
This data is not held or recorded, and it is estimated that to answer this question would exceed the appropriate limit.
To answer this accurately each case would individually require a full intelligence review including PNC/ PND/ International checks as once removed they could have moved anywhere even abroad.