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ONS · offence category: 21 Sexual activity involving a child under 13

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 21 Sexual activity involving a child under 13

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

32,566offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 21 Sexual activity involving a child under 13 totalled 32,566 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 16.7% (6,524) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Sexual activity involving a child under 13 [note 28]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 7228 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2005 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2005 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05k10k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2005: 1,510 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 1,950 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 1,936 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 1,836 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 1,650 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 1,817 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 1,769 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,808 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 2,173 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 2,892 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 4,708 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 5,876 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 7,834 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 8,574 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 9,545 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 9,593 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 9,465 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 10,487 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 9,779 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 8,061 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 7,498 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 7,228 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category