Great variation in recording of suspected sexual abuse between local authorities
There is great variance in the recording of suspected child sexual abuse between local authorities the Centre for Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse has warned.
Across the year 2020-2021, local authority children’s services in England recorded concerns about child sexual abuse in 29,640 assessments of children, and about child sexual exploitation, which is treated differently, [...]
Grooming and online CSA abuse rises over a quarter in two years
Grooming and Child Sexual Abuse material offences recorded by police have increased by more than a quarter since ministers promised to legislate to protect children on social media.
The NSPCC carried out a Freedom of Information request which found that grooming and CSA material offences recorded by police have increased by 27% between 2018/19 and [...]
Backlog in CSA cases rises by 70%
The backlog of child sexual abuse cases has risen by 70% leaving thousands of children in limbo and lacking support, a leading children’s charity has warned.
The NSPCC made a Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Justice which showed that the number of outstanding CSA cases increased by 70% last year from nearly [...]
CSA prosecutions and convictions are falling
Children are facing increasingly long and distressing court delays as child sexual abuse prosecutions and convictions are falling, the NSPCC has warned.
A Freedom of Information request by the charity found that prosecutions for child sexual abuse (CSA) in England and Wales have more than halved since 2016-17 while convictions have fallen by 45% over [...]
Threefold increase in online sexual imagery of 7-10 year olds in 2021
Younger children are being targeted online for sexual abuse “on an industrial scale” by internet groomers, the Internet Watch Foundation has warned.
There was a three-fold increase in imagery showing 7–10-year-olds who have been targeted and groomed by internet predators in 2021, the charity warns as it outlines that more reports were investigated in 2021 [...]
Number of children placed on child protection plans for CSA has plummeted by 60%
The number of children placed on a child protection plan for Child Sexual Abuse in England and on the child protection register for CSA in Wales has dropped by 60% over the past two decades, according to new research.
The scale and nature of child sexual abuse: Review of evidence by the Centre for expertise [...]
