FOI T129/24 - Incest
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development and Criminal Justice Departments of Northumbria Police. We can confirm that the information you have requested is held in part by Northumbria Police.
We are able to disclose the located information to you as follows with the below caveats noted:
- Please note that we can search on data from 1 January 2018 due to the researching department’s retention policy.
- The data has been taken from Force Systems where the following offences have been taken into account:
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 – penetration;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 – penetration;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 – penetration;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 – penetration;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Sex with an adult relative - offender 16 or over, relative 18 or over – penetration;
- Sex with an adult relative - offender 16 or over, relative aged 18 or over - consenting to penetration;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 – penetration;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 – penetration;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 – penetration;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 – penetration;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim 13-17 - no penetration;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13 - no penetration;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Sexual activity with a female child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim under 13 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Inciting a female child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body;
- Inciting a male child family member to engage in sexual activity - offender under 18 at time of offence and victim 13-17 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body.
You asked:
1. How many charges have been made for people committing incest every year for the last 10 years?
2
2. How many instances were consensual involving two adults, their ages and sexuality?
0
3. How many instances resulted in prosecution and sentencing and what those sentences were?
Two prosecutions were brought resulting in one conviction with the sentence being six years imprisonment and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order until further notice, entry onto the Sex Offenders Register for life and Restraining Order indefinitely.