Europe may be still in Dark Ages with thousands of Rapes in one year

85000 rapes in England & Wales Every Year. Are we still living in Dark Ages.?

An overview of sexual offending and crimes in England and Wales has revealed that, approximately 85,000 rapes and 4,00,000 sexual assaults that take place every year. These rape statistics in the UK are nothing to be proud about. There are ample issues relating to women's safety in the UK and Wales. 

The rape statistics in the UK are nothing to be proud about and there is a lot that they have to do to provide better security for the women over there. 

According to survey and statistics, Approximately 85,000 women are raped on average in England and Wales every year. Similarly, 400,000 women are sexually assaulted each year.  These experiences span the full spectrum of sexual offences, ranging from the most serious offences of rape and sexual assault, to other sexual offences like indecent exposure and unwanted touching. The vast majority of incidents reported by respondents to the survey fell into the other sexual offences category. 

Survey further revealed that every 1 in 5 women from aged 16 - 59 has experienced some form of sexual violence or assault during their entire life time. 

It is estimated through statistics that 0.5 per cent of females who report being a victim of the most serious offences of rape or sexual assault by penetration, were occurred during previous 12 months, equivalent to around 85,000 victims on average per year.

Among these 85,000 rapes cases on 15% of victims have reported the incidents to police. remaining victim were either too shy and thought not to be embarrassed or they of the view that Police could not do anything about that. 

young teenagers from age to 16 to 19 were most victimized as compare to other age brackets.  increased age have lowered the risk of rape victimization. 

What are Rapists thoughts.?

Interestingly, there is still a tendency to blame the victim in society - and many of those who are attacked do not trust the justice system to hold their rapists accountable. 

A survey conducted in Britain in the year 2005 found that one third of the participants in that survey felt that a woman who acts flirtatiously is partially or completely to blame for being raped. The survey also found that over a quarter also felt that a woman is partially responsible for being raped if she wore revealing clothes.

So Why There are Less Convictions.?

According to the research, there are huge delays in successfully convicting a suspect. In cases where the defendant pleads not guilty, it takes an average of two years to reach a final verdict, during which the survivor must repeat and relive the trauma. While government, police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have "shown commitment in improving this situation there is still more that clearly needs to be done".

One of the main issues is attrition – the high number of sexual violence victims who currently drop out of the criminal justice system between reporting the incident and it reaching the court. There is an average delay of 2 years to each a court verdict on a rape case.