How prevalent are Sexual crimes against Children in UK?

Under 4% of all crimes against children were of a Sexual nature.

In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile 'Grooming Gang' cases. Groups of predominantly Asian, British-Pakistani, 'Muslim' men have exploited girls and young women for sex in towns and cities including Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, Telford, Newcastle, Bristol and more.

The similarities amongst these incidents has put the spotlight on social issues including child exploitation, protection, responsibility, culture and Islam.

'Grooming Gangs'

Child Sexual Exploitation cases, like that undertaken by grooming gangs, represent a tiny proportion of the total number of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) cases that take place every year. Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales clearly show the "two offences most clearly associated with CSE – abuse of children through sexual exploitation and sexual grooming – make up 3% of police recorded CSA cases in England and 2% of cases in Wales."
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The table below lists the different offences committed against children aged 10-15 years, and total number of children effected, in year to March 2017.

Crime Type YEAR TO MARCH 2017 ₍₁₎	Children Effected (1000's)
1 VIOLENCE	58.0% 660,000 Children Effected
• Violence with injury	316 ₍₃₎
• Wounding	78
• Assault with minor injury	238
• Violence without injury	344
2 PERSONAL THEFT	28.8% 328,000 Children Effected
• Theft from the person	46
• Snatch theft from person	27
• Stealth theft from person	20
• Other theft of personal property	236
• Theft from dwelling.outside dwelling	20
• Bicycle theft	26
3 CRIMINAL DAMAGE (to personal property)	5.5% 63,000 Children Effected

4 ROBBERY	4.0% 45,000 Children Effected

5 SEXUAL OFFENCES	3.8% 43,000 Children Effected
• Offences include rape, sexual assault, abuse, 'grooming gang' exploitation, incest, paedophilia, prostitution, exposure etc. ₍₂₎

TOTAL Total number of children aged 10-15 years effected by crime in the 12 months to March 2017	100% 1,139,000 Children Effected
NOTES ₍₁₎ All figures are from the Office of National Statistics report, excluding Sexual Offences Source: Table A9b: Trends in CSEW incidents of crime experienced by children aged 10 to 15 - preferred measure, from year ending March 2010 to year ending March 2018, with percentage change and statistical significance of change1,2,3 Office for National Statistics 2018 ₍₂₎ In 2016/17 (England) there were 43,522 recorded sexual offences against children under 16 years old, including rape, sexual assault, sexual activity, grooming and exploitation. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse_in_the_United_Kingdom https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/1067/how-safe-are-our-children-2018.pdf p.29 ₍₃₎ All figures are in 1,000's Further reading: https://cwasu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/18871_CSA_Scoping_paper_web_FA.pdf what-do-we-know-about-ethnicity-people-involved-sexual-offences-against-children

Summary

According to Official of National Statistics (ONS) and NSPCC report, 4% of children (10-15 years) were effected by crime of a Sexual nature in the year to March 2017.

In contrast, 58% of children were impacted by Violent crime.

DISCLAIMER: THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS BASED ON EXTRAPOLATED DATA. IT IS NOT TO EXCUSE THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR OF MUSLIM GANGS WHO EXPLOIT OTHERS. BUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLEX ISSUES ARE NOT CONFINED TO A SINGLE RACE, RELIGION OR SOCIAL-ETHNIC GROUP OF PEOPLE.

Author: Guest • Updated: 11 Jul 2019

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