Report and Support Second ReportReport and Support Key Statistics for 2021-2022
217 reports were made during the 12 months from September 2021 to end of August 2022. 138 reports were made in the 10 months between November 2020 and end of August 2021.
Students made most reports, with 82% of total reports in 2021-2. Staff made 6.5% of reports in the same period. In 2020-1 students made 82.6% of reports and staff made 6.5%.
‘Other’ was the most reported category for describing the situation the report relates to, at 18.6% (45) in 2021-2, decreasing from 36.6% (56) in 2020-1. The next most reported category in 2021-2 was ‘Sexual assault and rape’ at 15.7% (38), as in 2020-1, when it was selected by 18.3% (23) of reporters.
59% (129) of reports included contact details, whilst 41% (88) of reports were made anonymously in 2021-2. This is an increase in named reports from 50.7% (70) in 2020-1.
The most common response in 2021-2 to reasons for reporting anonymously was to inform the University: ‘I want the University to have this information’, with 14.5% of total options (44), this was also the most common response in 2020-1.
University Accommodation was the most frequently selected category for location of incident, in both reporting years, with 30.7% of total options selected (66) in 2021-2, increasing from 25.6% (42) in 2020-1.
‘Closed as anonymous’ is the most frequent report outcome. However, this decreased from 48.4% (77) of reports in 2020-1 to 25.6% (57) in 2021-2.
70% (121) of reporters who provided a gender identity in 2021-2 selected ‘woman’. This is an increase from 56.6% in 2020-1.
The highest reported category in 2021-2 for those identifying as ‘man’ was ‘discrimination and/or hate incidents’ with 16.7% of selections (7), followed by ‘Harassment’ with 14.3% of category selections (6).
‘Another Mixed or Multiple background,’ was the largest proportional increase for Ethnicity, with 19.1% (36) of reports in 2021-2, up from 5.1% (8) in 2020-1.
‘A mental health difficulty such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety disorder’ was the most frequently selected disability at 25.6% (51) in 2021-2, up from 19.1% (27) in 2020-1.
‘No religion or belief’ was the most frequently selected category for religion and belief in both reporting years with 46% (80) of reports in 2021-2, up from 42.6% (60) in 2020-1.