And, finally ... you really should deal with the final sentence:

"Don't get me started on how common assault sees virtually identical clearance rates to sexual assault, but only sexual assault has a conviction rate problem."

The percentage of complaints that make it to court is virtually the same between common assault and sexual assault. The percentage that hit court that result in a guilty verdict is roughly the same between the two, as well.

Leaving aside the fact that people looking at general statistics have decided the conviction rate isn't "high enough" (What's the minimum acceptable quota for guilty verdicts, anyway?), why is the rate for sexual assault problematic but the rate for common assault, which sees MANY times the complainants ... is not?  No campaigns, no articles in major newspapers ... nada.  We couldn't be applying different standards to the two crimes, could we?

Naaaaaaaah.