Sexual Offences by Taxi and PVH Drivers
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008951/L
Version Date: 07/11/2025
1.Can you please provide a count of sexual offences by taxi and PVH drivers for the last three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25).
1a) Can these statistics please be categorised by:
- Month
- Nature of offence
- Time of day
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Processing:
Crime Record Management System – NICHE
Crime Record Management System – UNIFI
Qlik Sense Report: Occurrence People Links (all)
Crime only?: No
Date Created: 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2025
Offence Group: Rape, Other Sexual Offences
Suspect or Offender: Yes
Person Occupation at Time:
All records including 'taxi'
Cab Driver
Limo Driver
Driver
Uber Driver
Qlik Sense Report: MO Text Search
Date Created: 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2025
Offence Group: Rape, Other Sexual Offences
MO Text Search: "taxi", "driver", "uber"
Data Limitations:
- Some records may have been altered or redacted due to a change in Crime Record Management System on November 14th 2022.
- Data is reliant on the presence of the keyword(s) but not restricted to it.
- For reference, the occupation field is not routinely recorded and is poorly populated.
The returned data is as follows:
Month & Nature of Offence:
|
Offence Description |
Adult meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming (recordable) |
Engage in sexual communication with a child (recordable) |
Exposure - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
Rape a girl aged 13 / 14 / 15 - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
Rape a woman 16 years of age or over - SOA 2003 (recordable) |
Rape of a Female aged 16 or over (Sec 1 SOA 2003) |
Rape of a female aged 16 or over by multiple undefined offenders |
Rape of a Female aged under 16 (Sec 1 SOA 2003) |
Sexual assault of a female 13 or over by penetration (S2, SOA 2003) |
Sexual assault of a female child under 13 (S3, SOA 2003) |
Sexual assault on a female (recordable) |
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 or over (Sec 3, SOA 2003) |
Total |
|
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|
Month |
Apr-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
May-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Jun-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Jul-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Aug-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Sep-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Oct-22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Jan-23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
May-23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Jun-23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Jul-23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Aug-23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Sep-23 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Oct-23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Jan-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Feb-24 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Apr-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
May-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Jul-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Aug-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Sep-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Nov-24 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Jan-25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Feb-25 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
Mar-25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
Total |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
34 |
Time of Day (Time Committed From rounded down to the nearest Hour)
|
Time of Day |
Count |
|
00:00:00 |
12 |
|
01:00:00 |
0 |
|
02:00:00 |
2 |
|
03:00:00 |
1 |
|
04:00:00 |
0 |
|
05:00:00 |
0 |
|
06:00:00 |
1 |
|
07:00:00 |
0 |
|
08:00:00 |
1 |
|
09:00:00 |
0 |
|
10:00:00 |
0 |
|
11:00:00 |
0 |
|
12:00:00 |
3 |
|
13:00:00 |
1 |
|
14:00:00 |
2 |
|
15:00:00 |
2 |
|
16:00:00 |
3 |
|
17:00:00 |
0 |
|
18:00:00 |
2 |
|
19:00:00 |
0 |
|
20:00:00 |
2 |
|
21:00:00 |
0 |
|
22:00:00 |
1 |
|
23:00:00 |
1 |
|
Total |
34 |