2021/24283 - Child Sexual Offences

REQUEST

1. The number of recorded sexual offences against children aged under 18, for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, broken down by offence along with the age and gender of victims (by individual year of age where possible)

NOTE: If breaking the data down this way will cause this request to be rejected, please can you provide the following data:

The number of recorded sexual offences against children aged under 18, for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, broken down the age and gender of victims (by individual year of age where possible)

1. The number of recorded sexual offences against under 18s for the above time frame that had a cyber flag attached.

Please note, we are aware that changes to recording practice mean police are now able to flag offences where children have been sexually abused, however as the ONS notes “the data quality for these figures is variable across police forces” we would still like to be sent the actual number of sexual offences against children under 18 based on your records.

RESPONSE