Government of Jersey

Sexual assaults against under 18 year olds (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 17 October 2023.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Please advise how many recorded sexual offences there have been against children aged under 18, broken down by offence along with the age and gender of victims from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Response

Age of child	Male	Female
0-5	<5	6
6-10	<5	6
11-15	7	40
16-17	<5	10
Total	13	62

In order to prevent the identification of individuals victim information has been grouped into age groups rather than provide information by individual year of age. Further, due to the small numbers, a breakdown by each offence would potentially lead to the identification of individuals. Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied.

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.