A charity says rape victims have been ‘failed‘ by a system that has seen national detection rates plummet to a new low. Just one in 42 adult rapes investigated by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) last year led to a criminal charge or summons.
Nationally, one in 40 adult rapes investigated by police led to a criminal charge or summons - a record low for England and Wales.
A total of 1,420 rapes were reported in Greater Manchester in the year ending March 2022. GMP have completed their investigations in 1,007 of those cases.
But only 32 - just 2.4 per cent of completed cases - resulted in a charge or summons after police finished considering the evidence.
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