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ONS · offence category: 19D Rape of a female child under 16

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 19D Rape of a female child under 16

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

34,900offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 19D Rape of a female child under 16 totalled 34,900 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 11.0% (3,452) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Rape of a female child under 16 [note 28]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 8308 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2005 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2005 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour03k5k8k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2005: 3,014 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 3,153 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 2,853 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 2,422 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 2,537 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 2,908 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 2,877 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 2,777 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 2,803 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 3,407 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 4,470 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 5,330 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 5,987 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 7,642 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 8,026 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 7,290 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 6,651 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 9,481 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 9,383 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 8,527 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 8,682 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 8,308 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category