Police Records Show 3 Child Sex Offences Committed Every Hour

NSPCC
June 21, 2015

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Shocking figures from our latest report show sexual offences against children in England Wales are up by more than a third

Figures revealed today, in our How safe are our children? report, show that the number of sexual offences against children recorded by police in England and Wales soared by more than a third last year (2013-14).

A total of 31,238 offences – 85 a day – including rape, sexual assault and grooming, were reported to police. The majority of victims were aged 12 to 16, although more than one in three (8,282) were younger than 11. Among these were 2,895 aged five and under – including 94 babies1.

The number of offences recorded against girls (24,457) was nearly five times higher than that of boys (5,292).