Whether it will publish detailed statistics regarding youth perpetrated sexual offences, including non-contact crimes such as unsolicited s…

The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of youth perpetrated sexual offences as the data we receive from Police Scotland for the Recorded Crime statistics is a simple count of the number of recorded crimes by crime type.Police Scotland have provided the following management information on the number of people under the age of 18 who were accused of any sexual crime between 1st January 2025 to 30th September 2025.It should be noted that the totals presented in the following table for crime types (and overall) are not necessarily all unique individuals as it is possible an accused may have committed more than one sexual crime during the period. Furthermore, the table below is not a total of sexual crimes as some crimes may have had multiple perpetrators.Number of Accused aged under 18 at time of OffenceCrime typeJan-Sep 2025Rape & attempted rape246Sexual assault429Causing to view sexual activity or images184Communicating indecently91Threatening to or disclosing intimate images87Indecent photos of children121Crimes associated with prostitution0Other sexual crimes116Total1,274Source: Police Scotland, Management Information, extracted from internal systems and correct as of 14 October 2025.Notes:Data presented here is provisional and should be treated as management information.