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ONS · offence category: 73 Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 73 Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,219offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 73 Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature totalled 1,219 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 6.6% (76) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature [note 28]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 338 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 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020040060020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 678 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 792 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 682 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 463 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 361 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 328 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 195 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 185 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 146 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 176 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 192 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 194 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 213 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 239 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 273 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 285 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 274 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 335 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 256 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 278 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 264 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 297 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 320 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 338 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