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Incest or familial sexual offences: the official figure explained

The latest incest or familial sexual offences figure from Police recorded crime, Home Office (published by ONS), with its period, release dates and full source link.

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Incest or familial sexual offences

Police recorded crime, Home Office (published by ONS)
756

year ending March 2026, England and Wales · -3.7% vs previous year

Overdue · as of 23 Jul 2026due in 7d

2 months old · Quarterly, with the Crime in England and Wales release

Explained

What it measures

Incest or familial sexual offences — Home Office offence code 23 · rate per 1,000 not published at this level of detail. The figure is published by Police recorded crime, Home Office (published by ONS) and covers year ending March 2026, England and Wales.

How often it is published

Police recorded crime, Home Office (published by ONS) publishes this quarterly, with the crime in england and wales release. UKStats shows the figure exactly as published and never estimates values between releases.

Publisher notes

Offence-level count from ONS appendix table A5a. ONS publishes a rate per 1,000 population only at offence-group level, so none is shown here.

Methodology

Police recorded crime, Home Office (published by ONS) — original publication

UKStats reproduces the published figure exactly; the publisher's own methodology notes are the authoritative description of how it is compiled.

Cite this figure

Police recorded crime, Home Office (published by ONS), "Incest or familial sexual offences", year ending March 2026, England and Wales. Via UKStats (ukstats.co.uk/explained/uk-crime-sexual-incest-or-familial-sexual-offences), accessed 15 October 2026. Original: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables

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