Violence against Women and Girls Crime report contents

Prostitution
In 2015-16 there were 100 prosecutions commenced for controlling prostitution compared to 83 in
the previous year. The number of kerb crawling prosecutions commenced fell from 227 offences in
2014-15 to 153 in 2015-16. Brothel keeping offences rose slightly from 99 in 2014-15 to 111 in 2015-
16. Prosecutions commenced for offences of advertising prostitution (through distribution of cards in
public places) remained the same at 37.
The number of prosecutions started that related to street prostitution fell significantly from 456 in
2014-15 to 163 in 2015-16.
Offence data is not available by gender of defendant or victim. Table 11 outlines the CPS data
collected on prostitution 140 .
Table 11: VAWG crime prosecutions: prostitution offences, 2009-10 to 2015-16
A Control of
prostitution
Sexual offences act
(2003) {52}
Sexual offences act
(2003) {53}
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
11 24 19 11 9 25 13
87 87 61 39 49 58 87
TOTAL 98 111 80 50 58 83 100
B Brothel keeping 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Sexual offences act
1956 {33}
39 48 35 31 19 19 28
Sexual offences act
1956 {33A of and
70 106 92 54 31 72 75
schedule 2}
Sexual offences act
1956 {34}
0 0 1 2 0 1 1
Sexual offences act
{35(1)}
2 3 3 1 2 2 2
Sexual offences act
{36}
3 0 2 1 3 2 3
Sexual Offences Act
2003
{53A } 141 0 40 7 8 0 3 2
140 Data relates to the number of offences, in which a prosecution commenced, recorded in magistrates' courts
on the CMS system. Offences data is not held by defendant, outcome or equalities data. Offences recorded in
the Management Information System Offences Universe are those which reached a hearing. There is no
indication of final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation. This data has
been drawn from the CPS's administrative IT system, which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject
to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more
information is recorded by the CPS.
141 In 2010 a new offence s.53A of the SOA 2003 criminalised those who make or promise payment for sexual
services from a prostitute who is subject to force or exploitation.
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