RAPE charges targets set by the government are unlikely to be met for decades, shocking new figures have revealed. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) data released this week has revealed that it could take over 22 years for the Conservatives to deliver on their own target to restore rape charging levels to 2016 levels. CPS data shows that at the end of 2020/21 there was an increase of 88 people charged with rape compared to the year before, with fewer than 2,000 charges across the entire year. In the rape review published last month, the government pledged to meet the 2016 level target by the end of this parliament in three years.