"Figure 2: Sexual assault estimated by the survey decreased in the last year","" "Prevalence of sexual assault in the last year for adults aged 16 to 59 years and 16 to 74 years, England and Wales, year ending March 2005 to year ending March 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. From April 2017, the upper age limit for the self-completion module was increased to ask all respondents aged 16 to 74 years. 2. The categories “any sexual assault” and “rape or assault by penetration” include attempts." "Unit","Percentage of adults that were victims once or more" "","" "","Any sexual assault aged 16 to 59 years","Rape or penetration aged 16 to 59 years","Indecent exposure or unwanted sexual touching aged 16 to 59 years","Any sexual assault aged 16 to 74 years","Rape or penetration aged 16 to 74 years","Indecent exposure or unwanted sexual touching aged 16 to 74 years" "2005","2.6","0.6","2.3","","","" "2006","3.0","0.7","2.5","","","" "2007","2.9","0.6","2.6","","","" "2008","2.6","0.7","2.2","","","" "2009","2.2","0.5","1.9","","","" "2010","2.1","0.4","1.9","","","" "2011","2.3","0.7","1.9","","","" "2012","2.4","0.6","2.1","","","" "2013","1.9","0.6","1.6","","","" "2014","1.5","0.4","1.2","","","" "2015","1.7","0.4","1.5","","","" "2016","2.0","0.4","1.7","","","" "2017","2.0","0.5","1.7","","","" "2018","2.7","0.5","2.5","2.3","0.4","2.1" "2019","2.9","0.7","2.5","2.4","0.6","2.0" "2020","2.2","0.5","1.9","1.8","0.5","1.6"