Statistics show an alarming percentage of adults who have experienced sexual assault

The statistics in relation to the percentage of adults aged 16 to 74 who have fallen victim to both sexual assault and attempts has sparked concern in some of #Britain's citizens.

According to ONS statistics, an alarming 1.8% of adults (773,000) aged 16 to 74 have fallen victim to sexual assault and attempts. These statistics were released in #March, 2020.

Many men and women for quite some time have reported feeling "unsafe" on Britain's streets amidst the number of sexual assaults.

Many of these assaults were not reported to the #police, therefor, cannot be recorded as statistics which means there are many more unreported sexual assaults that have taken place.

The most common form of sexual assault was unwanted touching according to the ONS statistics.

What is sexual assault? Sexual assault is quite simply defined as any sexual act which another person did not consent to. It is an indictable (serious) criminal offense for any person to commit sexual assault.

Sexual assault can be reported to #Sussex Police by clicking this link: https://www.sussex.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/.

If you do not live in West Sussex, you can still report the issue to Sussex Police because the police force will just transfer your report to your local force. In fact, you can report a crime to any #British police force because they will transfer your report to your local force.