The number of sex offences reported to police has jumped to a record high, official figures show. There were 214,816 recorded sex crimes in the year to September, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed, up eight per cent year-on-year. The total number of sex crimes was equivalent to 588 incidents every day. Drugs offences recorded by the police hit just over 225,200 in the year, up from 185,500. The year to September saw 7.8 per cent of recorded crimes leading to suspects being charged or summonsed, up to 409,157.