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New research by the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee has revealed that rape and sexual offences have risen by a quarter in London over the last five years, up to September 2020.
The new analysis also revealed that between April 2015 and March 2019, there was a drop in successful prosecutions in London for rape and sexual offences from 1 in 9 down to 1 in 16.
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee has written to Rt Hon. Robert Buckland QC MP, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, on the increase in the time taken for cases to be charged by the police and CPS. The average time for a report of rape to be charged is up from 53 days in 2015-16 to 145 days in 2019-20, the longest of any crime type.