by Felix Richter, Statista.com
— this post authored by Niall McCarthy
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, there were 4,643 prosecutions for rape in the UK in 2015-16, up from 3,819 in 2009-10. 42.1 percent of all convictions in 2015-16 were unsuccessful.
This chart shows conviction rates of rape prosecutions in the UK from 2009 to 2016.
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