2021/24748 - Public sex offences

REQUEST

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information.

1. The number of recorded offences of public sex under each of the following: section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, section 66 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or the common law offence of outraging public decency.
2. The number of recorded offences of sexual activity in a public lavatory under section 71 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

For both of the above, could I please receive the number of offences recorded in each of the last five calendar years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 so far, stating to which date the 2021 data covers please).

RESPONSE