Section 61 the Sexual Offences Act

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/9105

Version Date: 04/12/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Processing:                                                  

Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE                                              

Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded, Restricted crimes excluded                                                

Qliksense Report: Crime and Outcomes                                                

Filtered by date: January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2024                                        

Offence description: ‘Administer substance with intent to stupefy / overpower to allow sexual activity’                                                          

Domestic Related: Yes 

Please provide the number of recorded offences between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024 that meet both of the following conditions:

1. It was recorded under Section 61 the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower”)

2. The incident is flagged as Domestic Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, or otherwise recorded as occurring within a domestic setting.

NOTE: If this exceeds the cost limit, please prioritise reports for 2023–2024 only.

Between January 1st 2022 and December 31st 2024, there were three crimes of "Administer substance with intent to stupefy / overpower to allow sexual activity", that were flagged as Domestic Abuse.           

Of those three offences, one was crimed in 2022 and two were crimed in 2024.