The Metropolitan Police have charged former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 68, with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. The allegations relate to seven women aged as young as 17 at the time. Westwood, who lives in Westminster, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 11 November 2025. Police said the offences are alleged to have taken place between 1983 and 2016.

The offences include indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the Fulham area in 1983; sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in the Vauxhall area in 1986; raping and sexually assaulting a woman aged 17 to 18 in London between 1995 and 1996; raping and sexually assaulting a woman aged 17 to 18 between 2000 and 2001; raping and sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in London in 2010; sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in Stroud, Gloucestershire in 2010; and sexually assaulting another woman in her 20s in the Finchley area of London in 2016.

Westwood is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 11 November 2025. The Metropolitan Police said the charges relate to seven women and cover alleged offences in London and Gloucestershire.