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Geographical variations in child sexual abuse offences suggest unequal responses and a need for better data

SUBSCRIBE 7th April 2025Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight
A new report from the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse into the latest trends in child sexual abuse (CSA) offences in England and Wales has highlighted record levels of charges for CSA and long delays in court cases, but also significant geographical variations in data recording and trends that suggest the response to sexually abused children “depends on where they live”, prompting calls for a Government-led national prevalence survey to establish the true scale of the problem, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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