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22.02.2023 - 10:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A charity says rape victims have been ‘failed‘ by a system that has seen national detection rates plummet to a new low.
Just one in 42 adult rapes investigated by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) last year led to a criminal charge or summons.
Nationally, one in 40 adult rapes investigated by police led to a criminal charge or summons - a record low for England and Wales.
A total of 1,420 rapes were reported in Greater Manchester in the year ending March 2022. GMP have completed their investigations in 1,007 of those cases. But only 32 - just 2.4 per cent of completed cases - resulted in a charge or summons after police finished considering the evidence.
That was an improvement on the previous year when just 1.9 per cent of completed investigations resulted in a charge or summons. But the rate has still fallen by more than half from 5.1 per cent in the year ending March 2018.
Anne Stebbings, chief executive of Greater Manchester Rape Crisis says victims and survivors have been failed.
“When GMP disbanded specialist rape investigation units Greater Manchester Rape Crisis (GMRC) predicted that this would be the result but our concerns were dismissed,” she says.
“We cannot see how these figures show anything but a failure of victims and survivors.”
Greater Manchester Police have been contacted for comment.
Jayne Butler, CEO of the charity Rape Crisis, adds: “Those survivors who take brave steps to report rape and sexual assault do so with the expectation that there will be accountability for the perpetrator. With so many survivors being denied their opportunity to seek justice; it's clear that the system isn't working.”
For the worst-performing police force nationally, the rate was lower than one in 100, according to
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