Officers convicted of sexual offence charges from January 2018 to June 2023
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.032282
I note you seek access to the following information:
Information Disclosed – 5 July 2023
The number of serving Metropolitan Police officers who are currently suspended from duty due to domestic abuse allegations?
Answer: 40 police officers were suspended as of the 30 June 2023, having been the subject of a domestic abuse related allegation.
Please tell me for the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (the most up to date figure up until 13 June):
- The number of serving Metropolitan Police officers convicted of domestic abuse related charges?
Answer: 18 police officers were convicted of a domestic abuse related offence from the 1 January 2018 to the 13 June 2023. Of the 18 police officers convicted of a domestic abuse related offence, 9 were subsequently dismissed by the MPS, 4 received a sanction of ‘would have been dismissed’, 1 received no action and 1 officer was reinstated by an independent Police Appeals Tribunal. The misconduct investigations/outcomes in respect of 3 officers are pending.
In addition to domestic abuse allegations, I'm keen to know the number of officers currently suspended in relation to sexual offence allegations.
Answer: 78 police officers were suspended as of the 30 June 2023, having been the subject of a sexual offence related allegation.
On the 22 August 2023, you wrote to me and stated:
For the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and up until 30 June 2023 - broken down by year - how many officers have been convicted of sexual offence charges?
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
| Year | Number of MPS police officers convicted of a sexual offence from the 1 January 2018 to the 30 June 2023 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| Grand Total | 26 |
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