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ONS · offence category: 24 Exploitation of prostitution

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 24 Exploitation of prostitution

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

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Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 24 Exploitation of prostitution totalled 987 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 1.0% (10) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Exploitation of prostitution [note 28]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 323 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour010020030020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 127 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 186 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 117 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 153 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 190 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 184 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 173 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 148 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 153 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 110 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 120 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 124 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 154 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 178 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 215 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 238 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 237 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 239 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 269 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 252 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 195 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 209 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 260 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 323 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