FOI/202100240934 · FOI · unclear
Convictions under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) act 2009: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for information on convictions under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. For each financial year since 2010/11, the number of convictions, broken down by the offender's sex, for the following offences: Sexual exposure Sexual exposure to a young child (under 13) Sexual exposure to an older child (13-15)
Response
The table below provides the data you have requested. Please note data is only available from 2011-12 onwards for these offences. Please also note that the category of sexual exposure may contain convictions of sexual exposure to a child i.e. the category does not solely include cases where the victim was aged 16+. Therefore convictions of sexual exposure to a child can be included in all three categories you listed in your request.
Total number of people convicted for sexual exposure, where main charge, by sex of offender, 2011-12 to 2019-20 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Total convicted 34 54 46 44 55 40 24 32 31 Male Sexual exposure to a young child (under 13) 2 6 4 6 4 4 4 2 1 Sexual exposure older child (13-15) 4 9 6 3 2 2 3 1 2 Sexual exposure 28 39 36 35 49 33 17 29 28 Female Sexual exposure - - - - - 1 - - - Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings Statistics 2019-20
Key: The following symbols are used when presenting criminal proceedings data: - Nil * Less than 0.5% n/a Not available
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