For the year ending March 2023, there were 53,915 offences recorded by the police in England and Wales as; 'sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over', the most of any sexual offence in this reporting year.
Number of police recorded sexual offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by offence
Characteristic
Number of offences
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over
53,915
Rape of a female aged 16 or over
45,966
Sexual activity involving a child under 16
13,434
Exposure and voyeurism
12,933
Sexual assault on a female child under 13
11,636
Sexual activity involving a child under 13
9,854
Rape of a female child under 16
9,412
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 and over
9,002
Sexual grooming
6,846
Rape of a female child under 13
5,420
Sexual assault on a male child under 13
3,987
Rape of a male aged 16 or over
3,471
Rape of a male child under 13
2,106
Rape of a female - undefined
1,474
Causing sexual activity without consent
1,172
Abuse of children through sexual exploitation
1,152
Other miscellaneous sexual offences
899
Incest or familial sexual offences
883
Rape of a male child under 16
879
Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (July 20, 2023). Number of police recorded sexual offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by offence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/765623/sexual-offences-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of police recorded sexual offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by offence." Chart. July 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/765623/sexual-offences-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Number of police recorded sexual offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by offence. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/765623/sexual-offences-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Police Recorded Sexual Offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by Offence." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/765623/sexual-offences-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of police recorded sexual offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by offence Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/765623/sexual-offences-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of police recorded sexual offences in England and Wales in 2022/23, by offence [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), July 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/765623/sexual-offences-in-england-and-wales-by-offence/
