Percentage of women and girls aged 16 to 59 subjected to sexual assault

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Source: Office for National Statistics

Geographical Area: North West England

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

Footnote:

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Liverpool statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Liverpool statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Liverpool-specific metadata information.

Goal

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Target

Target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Indicator

Indicator 5.2.2: Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

Organisation

Office for National Statistics

Contact email

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk

Definition and concepts

Sexual violence for this data refers to any sexual violence, including attempts.

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Data sources

Sexual offences - appendix tables

Percentage of adults aged 16 to 59 who were victims of sexual assault (including attempts) in the last year, by selected personal or household characteristics and sex, year ending March 2018, CSEW

Data release calendar

To be confirmed

Data compilers

Office for National Statistics

Comment and limitations

Due to disaggregation not available at the local level, this data represents the North West of England as opposed to Liverpool.

This indicator is being used as an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. Where possible, we will work to identify or develop UK data to meet the global indicator specification. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.

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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Goal

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Target

Target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Indicator

Indicator 5.2.2: Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Source 1

Organisation

Office for National Statistics

Periodicity

Annual

Earliest available data

2004/05

Geographical coverage

North West England

Link to data source ONS - Sexual offences: appendix tables opens in a new window
Release date Feb 08, 2018
Next release

To be announced

Statistical classification

Official

Contact details

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk

Source 2

Organisation

Office for National Statistics

Periodicity

Annual

Earliest available data

2004/05

Geographical coverage

North West England

Link to data source ONS - Percentage of adults aged 16 to 59 who were victims of sexual assault (including attempts) in the last year, by selected personal or household characteristics and sex, year ending March 2018, CSEW opens in a new window
Release date Sep 02, 2019
Statistical classification

Official

Contact details

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk