Prostitution in Salt Lake City

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15 80 215 15 State Street North Temple 1300 South North Temple Bec k S t r eet Liberty Park Pioneer Park Fairgrounds Main Street Redwood Road 900 West Source: Tribune analysis of Salt Lake City Police Department data * Each dot represents a record of an arrest Computer-assisted reporting by Tony Semerad, graphic by Todd Adams | The Salt Lake Tribune 2011 arrests for commercial sex * 2012 arrests for commercial sex * Arrests for commercial sex by type of violation, 2008 2011 2012 Total violations Prostitution Soliciting (by male) Other violations • Because they are so few in number, other categories are only listed here: keeping a house of ill fame, loitering for prostitution, procuring for prostitution and other. Soliciting (by female) 379 223 135 186 75 69 58 13 8 6 393 31 Prostitution in Salt Lake City Prostitution arrests plummeted in 2012 by 92 percent after Salt Lake City police disbanded its vice squad. Police said they have created a new squad to deal with vice-related crimes, focusing on addressing the root causes of commercial sex offenses and on clients.

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Arrests for prostitution-related offenses in Salt Lake City plummeted in 2012 after Salt Lake City police disbanded its vice squad. Map shows where arrests were made, comparing 2011 and 2012.

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Arrests for commercial sexby type of violation, 2008 2011 2012

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Prostitution Soliciting(by male)

Other violations •Because they are sofew in number, othercategories are only listed here: keeping a house of ill fame, loitering for prostitution, procuring for prostitution and other.

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Prostitution in Salt Lake CityProstitution arrests plummeted in 2012 by 92 percent after Salt Lake City police disbanded its vice squad. Police said they have created a new squad to deal with vice-related crimes, focusing on addressing the root causes of commercial sex offenses and on clients.