Sexual offences at barracks

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 24/6294

Version Date: 10/04/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:

1. The number of reported sexual assaults which took place where the location was listed as ‘barracks’; ‘garrison’ or:
•           Royal Citadel, postcode PL1 2PD
•           HMNP Devonport, postcode PL2 2BG
•           RM Bickleigh Barracks
•           RM Chivenor, postcode EX31
•           Britannia Royal Naval College, postcode TQ6
•           Commando Training Centre Lympstone, postcode EX5 8AR
•           RM Stonehouse Barracks
between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023. Please include in your response whether the report led to a charge or a summons. 

Between 1 April 2018 and 31 December 2023, there were seven rapes reported where the address was one of those listed. Of those seven offences, none resulted in a charge.

2. The number of reported rapes which took place where the location was listed as ‘barracks’; ‘garrison’ or
•           Royal Citadel, postcode PL1 2PD
•           HMNP Devonport, postcode PL2 2BG
•           RM Bickleigh Barracks
•           RM Chivenor, postcode EX31
•           Britannia Royal Naval College, postcode TQ6
•           Commando Training Centre Lympstone, postcode EX5 8AR
•           RM Stonehouse Barracks
between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023. Please include in your response whether the report led to a charge or a summons.

Between 1 April 2018 and 31 December 2023, there were four sexual assaults reported where the address was one of those listed. Of those four offences, none resulted in a charge.