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ONS · offence category: 22B Sexual activity involving a child under 16

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 22B Sexual activity involving a child under 16

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

51,050offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 22B Sexual activity involving a child under 16 totalled 51,050 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 10.7% (6,103) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Sexual activity involving a child under 16 [note 28]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 12291 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 2026LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05k10k15k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2005: 2,546 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 3,283 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 3,208 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 3,123 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 3,318 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 3,992 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 4,039 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 3,971 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 4,468 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 5,881 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 8,680 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 11,610 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 13,428 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 14,977 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 15,556 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 14,916 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 12,826 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 13,855 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 13,507 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 12,627 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 12,625 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 12,291 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