lengths between two weeks and six months, which made up 39.8% of progressed cases compared with 26.6% of cases that did not proceed to court. On the other hand, incidents with an investigation length of longer than six months made up 40.9% of cases that progressed to court compared with 56.6% of cases that did not progress. 6: Characteristics of incidents that were not heard in court vs those that were heard in court Incidents that were not Incidents that were heard Significance in court in court Incident characteristics n % n % p Offender Sex Not significant Female 20 2.7 31 1.9 Male 716 97.3 1,609 98.1 Offender age at date first offence within <.001 incident committed 10 to 17 91 12.4 298 18.4 18 to 24 157 21.4 270 16.7 25 to 34 206 28.1 385 23.8 35 to 49 173 23.6 410 25.3 50 to 69 101 13.8 221 13.6 70 or older 5 0.7 37 2.3 Not significant Number of prior sexual offences recorded against offender No offences 693 93.9 1,514 92.1 1 offence 25 3.4 70 4.3 2 to 5 offences 14 1.9 42 2.6 6 or more offences 6 0.8 17 1.0 Most serious sexual offence within <.001 incident Rape 406 55.0 648 39.4 Indecent assault 291 39.4 931 56.7 Incest 41 5.6 64 3.9 Sex of victim(s) within incident Male victim 104 14.1 234 14.2 Not significant Female victim 629 85.2 1,407 85.6 Not significant Age of victim(s) within incident Victim aged 0 to 9 55 7.5 161 9.8 Not significant Victim aged 10 to 17 291 39.4 700 42.6 Not significant Victim aged 18 or older 381 51.6 768 46.7 .03
lengths between two weeks and six months, which made up 39.8% of progressed cases compared with 26.6% of cases that did not proceed to court. On the other hand, incidents with an investigation length of longer than six months made up 40.9% of cases that progressed to court compared with 56.6% of cases that did not progress. 6: Characteristics of incidents that were not heard in court vs those that were heard in court Incident characteristics Incidents that were not in court Incidents that were heard in court Significance n % n % p Offender Sex Female Male 20 716 2.7 97.3 31 1,609 1.9 98.1 Not significant Offender age at date first offence within incident committed 10 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 69 70 or older 91 157 206 173 101 5 12.4 21.4 28.1 23.6 13.8 0.7 298 270 385 410 221 37 18.4 16.7 23.8 25.3 13.6 2.3 <.001 Number of prior sexual offences recorded against offender No offences 1 offence 2 to 5 offences 6 or more offences 693 25 14 6 93.9 3.4 1.9 0.8 1,514 70 42 17 92.1 4.3 2.6 1.0 Not significant Most serious sexual offence within incident Rape Indecent assault Incest 406 291 41 55.0 39.4 5.6 648 931 64 39.4 56.7 3.9 <.001 Sex of victim(s) within incident Male victim Female victim 104 629 14.1 85.2 234 1,407 14.2 85.6 Not significant Not significant Age of victim(s) within incident Victim aged 0 to 9 Victim aged 10 to 17 Victim aged 18 or older 55 291 381 7.5 39.4 51.6 161 700 768 9.8 42.6 46.7 Not significant Not significant .03