Prevalence of sexual crime against children from April 2021 to March 2022
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.035786
I note you seek access to the following information:
I am writing to request access to information regarding the prevalence of sexual crime against children in the UK. I have requested the same information from all forces in the UK. I have several requests, which I have aggregated below, rather than send them separately - however, if this will exceed the cost limit, please let me know and I will send them separately.
Where all of the following conditions apply:
a. financial year 2021/22
b. the offence code was in use by the Met during the timeframe
c. one or more victims is under 18 at time of incident
please state, per offence code, how many of the following crimes were recorded by the Met, broken down by crime outcome code (1-22), and whether the victim was under 18, 18 and over, or where victim age is unknown:
1. Abduction (Home Office offence codes: 02500, 02501, 02502, 02503, 02504, 02505)
2. Soliciting by a man (Home Office offence codes: 02700)
3. Abuse of children through prostitution and pornography (Home Office offence codes: 07100, 07101, 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07109, 07110, 07111, 07112, 07113, 07114, 07115, 07117)
4. Trafficking For Sexual Exploitation (Home Office offence codes: 07200, 07201, 07202, 07203, 07204, 07205, 07206)
5. Abuse of Trust - Sexual Offences (Home Office offence codes: 07300, 07301, 07302, 07303, 07304, 07305, 07306, 07307, 07308, 07309, 07310, 07311, 07312, 07313, 07314, 07315, 07316, 07317, 07318)
6. Gross Indecency with Children (Home Office offence codes: 07400, 07401, 07402)
7. Obscene publications etc and protected sexual material (Home Office offence codes: 08600, 08601, 08602, 08603, 08604, 08605, 08606, 08607, 08608, 08609, 08610, 08611, 08612, 08613, 08614, 08615, 08616, 08617)
8. Miscellaneous Sexual Offences (Home Office offence codes: 08800, 08801, 08802, 08803, 08804, 08805, 08806, 08807, 08809, 08810, 08811)
Please note that some of these offences may be superseded by newer offence codes and no longer used - if that is the case, please report a zero result for that code.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.