April 24, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Sexual Offences
Request Number: FOI/14316
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Sexual Offences
Subject: Sex offences in Hospitals
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.
Request 1
Number of sexual offences recorded at Northern Irelands hospitals.
Clarification Sought
Can you please provide a time scale for your request - e.g. last ten years?
Clarification Received
I’d like data for the last five complete years if available please.
Answer 1
Please see below the number of sexual offences recorded each year 2020 to 2024 where the MO location subtype is ‘hospital’.
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sexual offences recorded MO location subtype 'hospital' | 43 | 63 | 40 | 71 | 85 |
Please note:
- The location subtype indicates that an offence occurred at or within the vicinity of the described premises. Therefore the offence may have occurred outside of the hospital.
- This information is based on data extracted from a live system and may be subject to change. It is dependent on the information having been input into the system in such a way as to identify those records that are relevant.