"Figure 2: There was a decrease in the prevalence of sexual assault for women but not for men in the last year","" "Prevalence of any sexual assault in the last year for adults aged 16 to 59 years and 16 to 74 years, by sex, 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." "Unit","Percentage of adults who were victims once or more" "","" "","Any sexual assault - men aged 16 to 59 years","Any sexual assault - women aged 16 to 59 years","Any sexual assault - men aged 16 to 74 years","Any sexual assault - women aged 16 to 74 years" "2005","1.0","4.2","","" "2006","0.9","5.0","","" "2007","1.0","4.8","","" "2008","0.6","4.5","","" "2009","0.5","3.7","","" "2010","0.8","3.4","","" "2011","0.8","3.8","","" "2012","0.6","4.2","","" "2013","0.8","3.0","","" "2014","0.7","2.2","","" "2015","0.7","2.7","","" "2016","0.7","3.2","","" "2017","0.8","3.1","","" "2018","1.2","4.2","1","3.5" "2019","1.2","4.5","1","3.7" "2020","0.9","3.5","0.7","2.9"