"Figure 8: July to September 2021 had the highest quarterly police recorded rape offences although sexual offences overall reached the highest level in the previous quarter","" "England and Wales quarterly data from April 2009 to September 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Operation Yewtree is the police investigation into allegations of sexual abuse, launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal." "Unit","Number of offences" "","" "","Sexual offences","Rape" "Apr to Jun 09","13547","3717" "Jul to Sep 09","13641","3753" "Oct to Dec 09","12769","3651" "Jan to Mar 10","13049","3953" "Apr to Jun 10","14366","4245" "Jul to Sep 10","13713","3936" "Oct to Dec 10","12327","3558" "Jan to Mar 11","13534","4153" "Apr to Jun 11","14180","4354" "Jul to Sep 11","13520","3995" "Oct to Dec 11","12603","3848" "Jan to Mar 12","12457","3841" "Apr to Jun 12","12684","3992" "Jul to Sep 12","13078","3920" "Oct to Dec 12","14123","4259" "Jan to Mar 13","13714","4203" "Apr to Jun 13","14926","4685" "Jul to Sep 13","16772","5184" "Oct to Dec 13","15427","5027" "Jan to Mar 14","17107","5855" "Apr to Jun 14","18664","6106" "Jul to Sep 14","22195","7114" "Oct to Dec 14","22688","7697" "Jan to Mar 15","25029","8503" "Apr to Jun 15","25980","8570" "Jul to Sep 15","26218","9002" "Oct to Dec 15","26629","9003" "Jan to Mar 16","28406","9760" "Apr to Jun 16","29355","9862" "Jul to Sep 16","29576","10160" "Oct to Dec 16","30732","10521" "Jan to Mar 17","33336","11512" "Apr to Jun 17","37978","13853" "Jul to Sep 17","37667","13807" "Oct to Dec 17","38625","13812" "Jan to Mar 18","38479","13520" "Apr to Jun 18","41534","15015" "Jul to Sep 18","41882","15555" "Oct to Dec 18","39901","14587" "Jan to Mar 19","40965","14747" "Apr to Jun 19","42102","15041" "Jul to Sep 19","40682","14848" "Oct to Dec 19","39350","14559" "Jan to Mar 20","40931","14519" "Apr to Jun 20","31671","11832" "Jul to Sep 20","40668","15209" "Oct to Dec 20","37450","14018" "Jan to Mar 21","37749","14510" "Apr to Jun 21","48131","17189" "Jul to Sep 21","47643","17419"