'Saddening but not surprising': Sexual offences have lowest detection rate

'Even in the best years', in 2015 and 2016, only 24% of reported sexual offences resulted in charges.

Rape crisis groups have described as “saddening but not surprising” official figures showing that sexual offences continue to be the category of crime with the lowest level of detection.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that just 10% of sexual offences reported in 2020 have been detected as of September 2021.