There are a number of sexual offences under the law of England and Wales

England and Wales

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, the law of Scotland

Scotland

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, and the law of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 (which function as three separate systems for this purpose).

Of women aged 16 to 59 in England & Wales interviewed for the 2006/07 British Crime Survey

British Crime Survey

The British Crime Survey or BCS is a systematic victim study, currently carried out by BMRB Limited on behalf of the Home Office. The BCS seeks to measure the amount of crime in England and Wales by asking around 50,000 people aged 16 and over , living in private households, about the crimes they...

, 0.5% (1 in every 200) reported that they had suffered rape or attempted rape in the previous year, equating to approximately 85,000 nationally. In the same year, less than 800 persons were convicted of rape.

England and Wales

The following offences are created for England and Wales by the Sexual Offences Act 2003

Sexual Offences Act 2003

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that was passed in 2003 and became law on 1 May 2004.It replaced older sexual offences laws with more specific and explicit wording...

:

• Rape
  Rape in English law
  -Statute:The offence is created by of the Sexual Offences Act 2003:-Consent, s.1 & & :This expression is defined by section 74. The evidential and conclusive presumptions created by sections 75 and 76 apply to this offence...
  
   (s.1)
• Assault by penetration (s.2)
• Sexual assault
  Sexual assault
  Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
  
   (s.3)
• Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent (s.4)
• Rape of a child under 13 (s.5)
• Assault of a child under 13 by penetration (s.6)
• Sexual assault of a child under 13 (s.7)
• Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity (s.8)
• Sexual activity with a child (s.9)
• Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity (s.10)
• Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child (s.11)
• Causing a child to watch a sexual act (s.12)
• Child sex offences committed by children or young persons (s.13)
• Arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence (s.14)
• Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc (s.15)
• Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity with a child (s.16)
• Abuse of position of trust: causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity (s.17)
• Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity in the presence of a child (s.18)
• Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to watch a sexual act (s.19)
• Sexual activity with a child family member (s.25)
• Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity (s.26)
• Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice (s.30)
• Causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity (s.31)
• Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder impeding choice (s.32)
• Causing a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to watch a sexual act (s.33)
• Inducement, threat or deception to procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder (s.34)
• Causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement, threat or deception (s.35)
• Engaging in sexual activity in the presence, procured by inducement, threat or deception, of a person with a mental disorder (s.36)
• Causing a person with a mental disorer to watch a sexual act by inducment, threat or deception (s.37)
• Care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder (s.38)
• Care workers: causing or inciting sexual activity (s.39)
• Care workers: sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder (s.40)
• Care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act (s.41)
• Paying for sexual services of a child (s.47)
• Causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography (s.48)
• Controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography (s.49)
• Arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography (s.50)
• Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (s.52)
• Controlling prostitution for gain (s.53)
• Traffiking into the UK for sexual exploitation (s.57)
• Traffiking within the UK for sexual exploitation (s.58)
• Traffiking out of the UK for sexual exploitation (s.59)
• Administering a substance with intent (s.61)
• Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence (s.62)
• Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence (s.63)
• Sex with an adult relative: penetration (s.64)
• Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration (s.65)
• Exposure
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   (s.66)
• Voyuerism (s.67)
• Intercourse with an animal (s.69)
• Sexual penetration of a corpse (s.70)
• Sexual activity in a public lavatory (s.71)

For other offences, see Prostitution in the United Kingdom

Prostitution in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, prostitution itself is not a crime, but a number of related activities, including soliciting in a public place, kerb crawling, owning a brothel, pimping and pandering, are crimes....

.

Northern Ireland

The following offences are created by the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008:

• Rape (art. 5)
• Assault by penetration (art. 6)
• Sexual assault
  Sexual assault
  Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
  
   (art. 7)
• Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent (art. 8)
• Rape of a child under 13 (art. 12)
• Assault of a child under 13 by penetration (art. 13)
• Sexual assault of a child under 13 (art. 14)
• Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity (art. 15)
• Sexual activity with a child (art. 16)
• Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity (art. 17)
• Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child (art. 18)
• Causing a child to watch a sexual act (art. 19)
• Sexual offences against children committed by children or young persons (art. 20)
• Arranging or facilitating commission of a sex offence against a child (art. 21)
• Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc (art. 22)
• Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity with a child (art. 23)
• Abuse of position of trust: causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity (art. 24)
• Abuse of position of trust: sexual activity in the presence of a child (art. 25)
• Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to watch a sexual act (art. 26)
• Sexual activity with a child family member (art. 32)
• Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activity (art. 33)
• Paying for sexual services of a child (art. 37)
• Causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography (art. 38)
• Controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography (art. 39)
• Arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography (art. 40)
• Indecent photographs of persons aged 16 or 17 (art. 42)
• Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice (art. 43)
• Causing or inciting a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to engage in sexual activity (art. 44)
• Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder impeding choice (art. 45)
• Causing a person, with a mental disorder impeding choice, to watch a sexual act (art. 46)
• Inducement, threat or deception to procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder (art. 47)
• Causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement, threat or deception (art. 48)
• Engaging in sexual activity in the presence, procured by inducement, threat or deception, of a person with a mental disorder (art. 49)
• Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception (art. 50)
• Care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder (art. 51)
• Care workers: causing or inciting sexual activity (art. 52)
• Care workers: sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder (art. 53)
• Care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act (art. 54)
• Loitering or soliciting for purposes of prostitution (art. 59)
• Kerb-crawling (art. 60)
• Persistent soliciting (art. 61)
• Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (art. 62)
• Controlling prostitution for gain (art. 63)
• Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (art. 64)
• Administering a substance with intent (art. 65)
• Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence (art. 66)
• Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence (art. 67)
• Sex with an adult relative: penetration (art. 68)
• Sex with an adult relative: consenting to penetration (art. 69)
• Exposure (art. 70)
• Voyeurism (art. 71)
• Intercourse with an animal (art. 73)
• Sexual penetration of a corpse (art. 74)
• Sexual activity in a public lavatory (art. 75)

Scotland

The following offences are created by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009

Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009

The Sexual Offences Act 2009 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It creates a code of sexual offences that is said to be intended to reform that area of the law....

:

• Rape (s.1)
• Sexual assault by penetration (s.2)
• Sexual assault
  Sexual assault
  Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
  
   (s.3)
• Sexual coercion (s.4)
• Coercing a person into being present during a sexual activity (s.5)
• Coercing a person into looking at a sexual image (s.6)
• Communicating indecently etc (s.7)
• Sexual exposure (s.8)
• Voyeurism (s.9)
• Administering a substance for sexual purposes (s.11)
• Rape of a young child (s.18)
• Sexual assault on a young child by penetration (s.19)
• Sexual assault on a young child (s.20)
• Causing a young child to participate in a sexual activity (s.21)
• Causing a young child to be present during a sexual activity (s.22)
• Causing a young child to look at a sexual image (s.23)
• Communicating indecently with a young child etc (s.24)
• Sexual exposure to a young child (s.25)
• Voyeurism towards a young child (s.26)
• Having intercourse with an older child (s.28)
• Engaging in penetrative sexual activity with or towards an older child (s.29)
• Engaging in sexual activity with or towards an older child (s.30)
• Causing an older child to participate in a sexual activity (s.31)
• Causing an older child to be present during a sexual activity (s.32)
• Causing an older child to look at a sexual image (s.33)
• Communicating indecently with an older child etc (s.34)
• Sexual exposure to an older child (s.35)
• Voyeurism towards an older child (s.36)
• Older children engaging in sexual conduct with each other (s.37)
• Sexual abuse of trust (s.42)
• Sexual abuse of trust of a mentally disordered person (s.46)

For other offences, see Prostitution in the United Kingdom

Prostitution in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, prostitution itself is not a crime, but a number of related activities, including soliciting in a public place, kerb crawling, owning a brothel, pimping and pandering, are crimes....

Offences under the former law:

• Rape.
• Clandestine injury to women (e.g. sex with a sleeping woman).
• Indecent assault.
• Sexual intercourse with a girl over 12 but under 13, s.3(1) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (c.67); and with a girl over 13 but under 16, s.4(1) of the same Act.
• Lewd, indecent or libidinous practices, common law; with a girl over 12 but under 16, s.5 of the 1976 Act.
• Child pornography, ss.52 and 52A of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
  Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
  The Civic Government Act 1982 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which makes provision for a wide range of civic government matters....
  
   (c.45).

• Gross and shameless indecency between males, s.80(7) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
  Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
  The Criminal Justice Act 1980 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom . It decriminalized private homosexual acts between two consenting adults in Scotland:"Subject to the provisions of this section, a homosexual act in private shall not be an offence provided that the parties consent...
  
   (c.62); formerly s.7 of the 1976 Act.
• Incest, s.2A. of the 1976 Act (added by the Incest and Related Offences (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.36), s.1; formerly the Incest Act 1567 (c.15).
• Intercourse with a stepchild, s.2B of the 1976 Act (added by the 1986 Act).
• Bestialty.

External links

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