Data In response to written questions (S6W-40860 and S6W-41616) by Pam Gosal MSP, asking the Scottish Government to publish detailed statistics regarding youth perpetrated sexual offences, the following provisional management information was provided by Police Scotland: Table 1: Number of accused aged under 18 at the date of the offence 1 Crime type No. of accused 01/01/24 – 31/12/24 01/01/25 – 30/09/25 Rape & attempted rape 240 246 Sexual assault 593 429 Causing to view sexual activity 207 184 or images Communicating indecently 96 91 Threatening to or disclosing 89 87 intimate images Indecent photos of children 158 121 Crimes associated with 0 0 prostitution Other sexual crimes 186 116 Total 1,569 1,274 Within the answer to written question S6W-41616, the Scottish Government advised that “data for earlier years are not available from the single standardised national system used by Police Scotland to gather details of those involved in crime, which became fully operational from January 2024”.