Sharp rise in reports of rape in Sussex

According to information obtained from a Freedom of Information request to Sussex Police, there were 459 reports of rape in 2012 and more than double that in 2016 at 1,004.

Among these reports, rape of a female child under 13 trebled in these years from 14 to 42, and rape of a male aged 16 or over leapt from nine reports in 2012 to 50 in 2016.