Recorded crime in Scotland: 'Other sexual crimes', 2013-2014 and 2016-2017

Annex B

Please note:

• Where no records were found a dash (-) has been used to signify this.
• Where a percentage figure is based on a low base, of less than five records, an asterisk (*) has been used to signify this.
• Percentages are based on rows (apart from Table 17), and may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Table 5: Gender of victims (where identifiable) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	2013-14			2016-17
	Percentage		Number sampled	Percentage		Number sampled
Crime type	Male	Female		Male	Female
Total	18	82	599	21	79	1,035
Communicating indecently	6	94	172	14	86	345
Cause to view sexual activity or images	18	82	65	19	81	336
Sexual activity with older children	12	88	120	18	82	113
Sexual exposure	22	78	183	26	74	125
Voyeurism	18	82	28	22	78	58

Table 6: Gender of perpetrators (where identifiable) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	2013-14			2016-17
	Percentage		Number sampled	Percentage		Number sampled
Crime type	Male	Female		Male	Female
Total	96	4	800	95	5	1,096
Communicating indecently	98	*	161	97	3	274
Cause to view sexual activity or images	98	*	57	94	6	234
Indecent photos of children	93	7	174	96	4	178
Sexual activity with older children	92	8	124	89	11	111
Sexual exposure	100	-	144	100	-	103
Public indecency	93	7	75	91	9	69
Voyeurism	96	*	28	92	*	50

Table 7: Age of victims (where identifiable) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage								Median age	Number sampled
Crime type	under 13	13-15	16-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
2016-17
Total	21	38	9	12	7	7	4	2	15	1,001
Communicating indecently	22	41	10	9	7	5	3	*	14	321
Cause to view sexual activity or images	23	30	9	16	7	10	4	*	15	328
Sexual activity with older children	*	98	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	113
Sexual exposure	19	10	12	17	11	14	10	7	25	123
Voyeurism	16	12	10	31	16	16	-	-	22	58
2013-14
Total	15	44	8	11	7	7	5	2	15	588
Communicating indecently	16	53	8	7	5	6	*	*	15	167
Cause to view sexual activity or images	24	37	11	10	8	8	*	-	15	63
Sexual activity with older children	*	98	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	120
Sexual exposure	14	10	9	23	14	14	12	4	27	182
Voyeurism	31	*	*	*	*	*	-	*	20	26

Table 8: Age of perpetrators (where identifiable) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage								Median age	Number sampled
Crime type	under 13	13-15	16-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
2016-17
Total	3	11	18	19	18	15	10	6	29	1,049
Communicating indecently	*	16	21	16	17	17	6	6	28	263
Cause to view sexual activity or images	6	14	22	18	15	15	7	4	25	225
Indecent photos of children	*	7	11	16	19	15	20	10	37	178
Sexual activity with older children	*	14	39	26	11	5	*	*	18	109
Sexual exposure	*	5	6	22	22	16	13	14	37	100
Public indecency	-	*	*	25	29	19	12	*	35	59
Voyeurism	*	*	*	26	21	19	12	-	31	42
2013-14
Total	1	8	18	26	17	13	11	7	28	775
Communicating indecently	*	8	18	36	11	11	6	8	26	158
Cause to view sexual activity or images	*	*	23	29	13	12	*	*	24	52
Indecent photos of children	-	3	3	20	25	18	19	11	39	173
Sexual activity with older children	-	15	45	24	8	*	5	*	18	123
Sexual exposure	*	8	9	22	22	16	12	9	33	138
Public indecency	*	7	22	28	16	9	10	*	26	69
Voyeurism	-	*	*	*	*	20	20	*	35	25

Table 9: Relationship between victim and perpetrator (where identifiable) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage					Number sampled
Crime type	Strangers 1	Acquaintance 2	Partner or Ex-Partner 3	Professional 4	Relative 5
2016-17
Total	42	37	10	6	5	935
Communicating indecently	50	36	4	7	2	308
Cause to view sexual activity or images	45	39	9	3	5	282
Sexual activity with older children	9	47	40	-	5	111
Sexual exposure	65	23	*	5	6	124
Voyeurism	34	34	21	11	-	53
2013-14
Total	41	36	11	6	6	572
Communicating indecently	46	37	3	8	7	156
Cause to view sexual activity or images	27	43	13	*	13	60
Sexual activity with older children	9	54	33	-	*	117
Sexual exposure	67	24	*	6	*	181
Voyeurism	52	26	*	*	*	27

Notes:
1. Strangers - this is where the perpetrator was not known to the victim prior to the crime. Those cyber enabled crimes (i.e. where the internet was used as a means to commit the crime), that include a very short amount of time elapsing between a victim meeting a perpetrator online and the crime occurring have been included in the ‘strangers’ category.
2. Acquaintances - may include friends, neighbours, colleagues, class mates, etc.
3. Partner or ex-partner - where the victim and perpetrator are in a relationship, or had been in one in the past.
4. Professional - this is primarily where the victim has come into contact with the perpetrator due to their occupation. This can include where the victim was a police or prison officer, a nurse, carer, teacher, etc. It also includes a small number of cases where the perpetrator is the ‘professional’ responsible for the victim.
5. Relative - this would include any family members, guardians, step-parents, step-siblings.

Table 10: How crimes are reported / come to the attention of police by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage					Number sampled
Crime type	Victim	Police 1	Relative or Guardian	Witness / other	Responsible person 2
2016-17
Total	39	25	20	9	8	1,137
Communicating indecently	42	18	26	5	10	301
Cause to view sexual activity or images	49	9	31	4	8	273
Indecent photos of children	6	81	4	4	5	170
Sexual activity with older children	30	20	23	8	19	107
Sexual exposure	68	5	17	6	5	102
Public indecency	-	20	*	75	-	61
Voyeurism	75	*	10	*	*	52
2013-14
Total	33	27	19	15	5	751
Communicating indecently	33	21	33	9	6	163
Cause to view sexual activity or images	39	14	23	16	9	57
Indecent photos of children	3	83	8	4	*	155
Sexual activity with older children	25	17	42	*	13	110
Sexual exposure	78	*	9	8	4	139
Public indecency	-	10	*	82	*	67
Voyeurism	59	*	*	34	-	29

Notes:
1. Police discover crime through investigation, intelligence, or are witness to the crime.
2. A person with some form of professional responsibility towards the people involved in the crime (for example a social worker, teacher, or care home staff)

Table 11: Crimes which are non-recent (i.e. come to the attention of the police more than twelve months after the crime has taken place) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage		Number sampled
Crime type	Recent	Non-recent
2016-17
Total	88	12	1,188
Communicating indecently	91	9	315
Cause to view sexual activity or images	94	6	285
Indecent photos of children	92	8	178
Sexual activity with older children	73	27	113
Sexual exposure	96	*	103
Public indecency	98	*	64
Voyeurism	91	9	54
2013-14
Total	89	11	800
Communicating indecently	87	13	170
Cause to view sexual activity or images	92	8	59
Indecent photos of children	95	5	171
Sexual activity with older children	78	22	123
Sexual exposure	99	*	144
Public indecency	100	-	69
Voyeurism	90	*	29

Table 12: Crimes which are cyber enabled (i.e. where the internet was used as a means to commit the crime) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage		Number
Crime type	Cyber	Not cyber	sampled
2016-17
Total	51	49	1,188
Communicating indecently	58	42	315
Cause to view sexual activity or images	71	29	285
Indecent photos of children	98	*	178
Sexual activity with older children	8	92	113
Sexual exposure	-	100	103
Public indecency	-	100	64
Voyeurism	20	80	54
2013-14
Total	38	62	800
Communicating indecently	53	47	170
Cause to view sexual activity or images	63	37	59
Indecent photos of children	97	3	171
Sexual activity with older children	-	100	123
Sexual exposure	*	98	144
Public indecency	-	100	69
Voyeurism	*	97	29

Table 13: Gender of victims (where identifiable), for ‘Communicating indecently’ and ‘Cause to view sexual activity or images’ crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage		Number sampled
Crime type	Male	Female
2016-17
Cyber enabled	16	84	411
Not cyber enabled	18	82	270
2013-14
Cyber enabled	8	92	126
Not cyber enabled	12	88	111

Table 14: Gender of perpetrators (where identifiable), for ‘Communicating indecently’ and ‘Cause to view sexual activity or images’ crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage		Number sampled
Crime type	Male	Female
2016-17
Cyber enabled	96	4	290
Not cyber enabled	94	6	218
2013-14
Cyber enabled	98	*	118
Not cyber enabled	98	*	100

Table 15: Age of victims (where identifiable), for ‘Communicating indecently’ and ‘Cause to view sexual activity or images’ crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage								Median age	Number sampled
Crime type	under 13	13-15	16-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
2016-17
Cyber enabled	27	47	9	7	4	4	*	*	14	405
Not cyber enabled	15	17	10	22	13	13	8	2	23	244
2013-14
Cyber enabled	20	62	6	6	*	*	*	-	14	125
Not cyber enabled	16	33	12	10	9	11	5	*	16	105

Table 16: Age of perpetrators (where identifiable), for ‘Communicating indecently’ and ‘Cause to view sexual activity or images’ crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage								Median	Number
Crime type	under 13	13-15	16-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+	age	sampled
2016-17
Cyber enabled	4	22	31	15	15	8	3	2	18	279
Not cyber enabled	*	6	8	19	18	27	11	10	36	209
2013-14
Cyber enabled	*	10	26	46	7	5	*	-	23	112
Not cyber enabled	*	6	12	21	17	18	9	14	34	98

Table 17: Age of perpetrators by age of victim (where identifiable), for 'Communicating indecently' and 'Cause to view sexual activity or images' crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2016-17

		Victim Age							% of total	Row %	Number sampled
		under 13	13-15	16-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
2016-17
Cyber enabled crimes
Perpetrator Age	under 13	5	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	5	16
	13-15	8	11	2	-	*	*	-	-	22	65
	16-19	5	23	2	*	*	-	-	-	31	94
	20-29	2	6	3	2	*	*	-	-	15	44
	30-39	2	6	*	3	2	*	*	*	14	43
	40-49	2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	8	23
	50-59	*	2	-	-	*	-	*	-	3	8
	60+	*	*	-	*	*	-	-	-	2	6
	Column %	25	50	8	7	4	3	*	*	100	299
Non-cyber enabled crimes
Perpetrator Age	under 13	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	4
	13-15	5	*	-	*	*	*	*	-	8	20
	16-19	2	4	*	*	-	-	-	-	7	16
	20-29	*	5	2	5	2	*	*	*	17	40
	30-39	*	3	2	4	2	3	*	-	17	42
	40-49	2	6	3	7	2	5	*	*	27	66
	50-59	*	*	*	2	*	2	2	*	12	30
	60+	*	*	*	*	3	2	*	-	10	23
	Column %	16	21	10	19	12	13	7	2	100	241

Table 18: Relationship between victim and perpetrator (where identifiable), for ‘Communicating indecently’ and ‘Cause to view sexual activity or images’ crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage					Number sampled
Crime type	Strangers 1	Acquaintance 2	Partner or Ex-Partner 3	Professional 4	Relative 5
2016-17
Cyber enabled	44	47	6	*	2	331
Not cyber enabled	52	26	6	10	6	259
2013-14
Cyber enabled	49	33	10	*	6	102
Not cyber enabled	30	44	*	12	12	114

Notes:
6. Strangers - this is where the perpetrator was not known to the victim prior to the crime. Those cyber enabled crimes (i.e. where the internet was used as a means to commit the crime), that include a very short amount of time elapsing between a victim meeting a perpetrator online and the crime occurring have been included in the ‘strangers’ category.
7. Acquaintances - may include friends, neighbours, colleagues, class mates, etc.
8. Partner or ex-partner - where the victim and perpetrator are in a relationship, or had been in one in the past.
9. Professional - this is primarily where the victim has come into contact with the perpetrator due to their occupation. This can include where the victim was a police or prison officer, a nurse, carer, teacher, etc. It also includes a small number of cases where the perpetrator is the ‘professional’ responsible for the victim.
10. Relative - this would include any family members, guardians, step-parents, step-siblings.

Table 19: How crimes are reported / come to the attention of police, for ‘Communicating indecently’ and ‘Cause to view sexual activity or images’ crimes, by whether cyber enabled, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage					Number sampled
Crime type	Victim	Police 1	Relative or Guardian	Witness / other	Responsible person2
2016-17
Cyber enabled	34	15	38	2	11	364
Not cyber enabled	65	11	11	9	5	210
2013-14
Cyber enabled	18	28	37	8	9	122
Not cyber enabled	54	8	21	13	*	98

Notes:
1. Police discover crime through investigation, intelligence, or are witness to the crime.
2. A person with some form of professional responsibility towards the people involved in the crime (for example a social worker, teacher, or care home staff)

Table 20: Location where the crime was committed (when the perpetrator and victim were in the same location) by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage					Number sampled
Crime type	Private dwelling / garden	Open area1	Private business2	Public Sector3	Public Transport4
2016-17
Total	41	34	12	9	4	541
Communicating indecently	21	34	12	23	11	101
Cause to view sexual activity or images	44	34	12	*	*	82
Sexual activity with older children	57	29	10	*	*	105
Sexual exposure	27	50	13	6	*	103
Public indecency	20	59	10	*	*	61
Voyeurism	63	*	26	*	-	38
2013-14
Total	43	39	10	6	2	449
Communicating indecently	33	38	16	9	*	55
Cause to view sexual activity or images	69	*	*	-	-	16
Sexual activity with older children	76	22	-	*	-	117
Sexual exposure	26	53	9	8	4	140
Public indecency	12	71	12	*	*	66
Voyeurism	38	*	54	-	-	26

Table 21: Non-cyber enabled crimes which made a reference to alcohol by crime type, 2013-14 and 2016-17

	Percentage		Number sampled
Crime type	Yes	No
2016-17
Total	18	82	583
Communicating indecently	32	68	131
Cause to view sexual activity or images	12	88	84
Indecent photos of children	-	*	4
Sexual activity with older children	13	88	104
Sexual exposure	16	84	103
Public indecency	22	78	64
Voyeurism	21	79	43
2013-14
Total	20	80	498
Communicating indecently	26	74	80
Cause to view sexual activity or images	*	82	22
Indecent photos of children	-	100	5
Sexual activity with older children	25	75	123
Sexual exposure	12	88	141
Public indecency	32	68	69
Voyeurism	*	93	28