“As crimes surge across Europe, one rape incident reported every hour in London, 20000 sexual crimes reported in the city in 2023”, Opindia, September 20, 2024:
“Amid the rising crimes in European nations including the UK, it has come to the fore that in London, a rape case is reported every hour. On average, 24 such incidents were reported in a day to the Metropolitan Police with a total of 8,800 cases in 2023. According to the Met Police, the charges of sexual abuse have doubled since 2022, as reported by BBC.
As per the official data, 20,000 sexual crimes were reported in London alone last year while the exact figures stood at 8,852 rape cases and 10,991 other sexual violence. While these numbers are alarming the actual number of cases is obviously much higher than documented.
This is better understood from a Rape Crisis report, which states that only one in every six women who are raped reports the crime, compared to one in every five male victims, and only one in every four report other forms of sexual assault…….”
Read the full article at Opindia.com
