So, there's a common understanding of acid attacks in the UK that goes like that. Attackers male, victim female. Both are South Asian, and the violence has something to do with the man's so-called honor. Statistics released by London's Metropolitan Police to the BBC provide a breakdown of every recorded acid attack over a 15-year period by age, gender, ethnicity, borough, hate crime, and outcome. This is the fullest picture yet of the Capitol's suspects and victims. Here are the stats that it showed. The suspect was male 74% of the time, and the victim was male 67% of the time, with only one attack ever being related to the idea of honor. Quote, in many regions of the world, most attacks relate to gender violence, said Joff Shah, the executive director of Acid Survivors Trust International. Quote, these attacks are often linked to rejected sexual advances or marriage proposals. However, this does not appear to be the case in the United Kingdom.

Quote, this is likely to be related to a rise in moped gangs, according to Dr. Simon Harding, associate professor in criminology at the University of West London. He goes on to say, quote, we've had acid throwing in this country for over 200 years, and there's been a new development of it, said Dr. Harding, but it's not new, and it's not imported.