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Greater Manchester charity says rape victims have been ‘failed’ as number of charges reach new low

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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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