In 2023, approximately 85.5 percent of people aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom identified as being heterosexual, the lowest among the provided age groups. In this year, 7.5 percent of people in this age group identified as being Bisexual, compared with just 0.2 percent of people aged 65 or over.

In 2023, approximately 91.2 percent of the population of London identified as being Heterosexual or Straight, which was the lowest among regions of the United Kingdom. As of this year, approximately 3.5 percent of Londoners identified as being Gay or Lesbian, 1.7 percent as Bisexual, 0.9 percent as Other and 2.8 percent who did not know, or refused to answer.

There were estimated to be approximately **** million people in the United Kingdom who identified as being Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual in 2023, compared with ******* in 2014.

In a global survey conducted in 2023, three percent of respondents declared to be homosexual, gay, or lesbian. In Brazil and the Netherlands, for instance, nine percent, instead, identified as bisexual, representing the largest group of bisexual respondents among the 30 surveyed countries. Moreover, two percent of the interviewees in Switzerland said to be pansexual or omnisexual. Pansexuality describes people who feel attracted to other people regardless of their biological sex, gender, or gender identity, whereas omnisexuality refers to people attracted to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.

As of 2023, approximately 93.3 percent of men in the United Kingdom identified as being heterosexual, compared with 2.8 percent that identified as being homosexual, 1.5 percent as Bisexual, 0.7 percent as "other", and 1.8 percent that did not know, or refused to answer. Since 2014, the share of men that said they identified as homosexual has increased from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent.

In 2022, a survey of people in Great Britain showed that 53 percent of Gen Z were exclusively attracted to the opposite sex, with ten percent advising they were attracted to both sexes equally, and 14 percent that they were mostly or only attracted to the same sex.

Between same-sex marriage being legalized in England and Wales on March 29, 2014 and December 31, 2022, there have been 55,613 same-sex marriages. Of these, 32,240 same-sex marriages were between two women, and 23,,373 were between two men.

This statistic illustrates findings of a survey on the share of individuals who are current or past users of Ashley Madison in the United Kingdom (UK) in June 2017, by sexual orientation. Ashley Madison is an adult dating site that provides services to male and female users who seek short-term sexual encounters over the internet. During the survey period it was found, that two percent of responding heterosexual individuals reported that they were current users. Furthermore, 92 percent of homosexual respondents stated that they had never used Ashley Madison. Additionally, Ashley Madison ranked first in terms of adult dating site or app awareness in the United Kingdom, with 24 percent of surveyed individuals who reported that they knew it at least by name.

There were 22,839 sexual orientation hate crimes reported by the police in England and Wales in the 2023/24 reporting year, compared with 24,777 in the previous year, with offences for this type of hate crime peaking in 2021/22, at 26,152.

This statistic shows respondents statements after they were asked to place their sexuality on a scale of 0 to 6, where 0 is completely heterosexual and 6 is completely homosexual. 76 percent of female respondents and 68 percent of male respondents were completely heterosexual, whereas eight percent of male respondents regarded themselves as being completely homosexual, where as one percent of female respondents made the same conclusion.