Sexual Offences
Commons · Question 114804 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) expand and (b) refine the categories of sexual offences used in police recorded crime data for monitoring (i) the nature of offences committed and (ii) trends in sexual offenc
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 3 Mar 2026
The police recorded crime collection is primarily an offence-based series in which crimes are recorded by the police in England and Wales based on the criminal offence that has been committed.To respond to user needs, sub-categories have been created such...