Report prostitution

Prostitution is the practice of selling sex for money. It is legal in the UK for a person to buy sexual services or work as a private prostitute or escort.

The following related activities are illegal:

• for a prostitute to loiter or conduct solicitation in a street or public place
• kerb crawling (wait for or solicit business in a street or public place, including in a vehicle)
• pimping (controlling prostitutes for financial gain)
• keeping a brothel (a place used for the purpose of prostitution. It is an offence for a landlord, tenant or anyone else to be involved in the running of a brothel)
• advertising the services of call girls by placing cards in phone boxes
• having sex in public

When reporting prostitution, try to provide any:

• names
• addresses or locations
• ages or age ranges
• number plates, if any vehicles are involved
• details as to why you suspect prostitution