You asked
Section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 was brought into force making it illegal for an adult to send a sexual message to a child. Since its introduction on April 3rd, 2017, up to October, 31st 2018:
1) How many times a man has been arrested under this law?
2) How many times a woman has been arrested under this law?
3) How many times a man has been sent to prison under this law?
4) How many times a woman been sent to prison under this law?
5) How many man have had to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years or more under this law?
6) How many man have had to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years or less under this law?
7) How many women have had to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years or more under this law?
8) How many women have had to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years or less under this law?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the information you have requested.
We publish statistics taken from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and crimes recorded by the police.
The Home Office publish arrest statistics within their annual Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics releases, but these tables do not include a breakdown of whether people have been arrested under Section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015: Sexual communication with a child.
You may wish to contact the Home Office directly to see if they can help you further. They can be contacted at the following email address: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk
Statistics relating to convictions or sentencing are held by The Ministry of Justice. They may be better placed to deal with your enquiry and can be contacted at statistics.enquiries@justice.gov.uk.
We also do not hold statistics relating to registered sex offenders or requests made under Sarah’s Law.
The Home Office Public Protection Unit may be able to assist with figures at the national level, and they can be contacted at SexOffenderManagement@homeoffice.gov.uk
If you have any further questions, please email us at CrimeStatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.