December 01, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Sexual Offences
Request Number: FOI/16228
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Sexual Offences
Subject: Sexual Attacks
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered and we are not obliged to supply the information you have requested.
Question
Could you release total sexual attacks from PSNI over course of past 20 years or as far back as you can?
Answer
Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires the Police Service of Northern Ireland, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide the applicant with a notice which:
(a) states the fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question and
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
The following exemption has been applied:
Section 21 - Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
The information you request may be located on the PSNI website. The full data series for recorded sexual offences from 1998/99 is published on the spreadsheet accompanying our end of year Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: Update to 31st March Bulletin. Please see link below;