ONS · offence category: 70 Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 70 Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,191offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 70 Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder totalled 1,191 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 10.9% (117) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder [note 28]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
  5. 262 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 2026LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour010020030020052010201520202025Year ending March 2005: 104 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 139 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 163 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 127 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 131 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 124 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 130 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 101 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 115 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 134 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 214 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 243 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 296 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 267 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 298 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 275 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 222 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 279 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 339 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 285 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 305 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 262 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