Ritual abuse convictions are ‘tip of the iceberg’ as reports warns of prospect of ‘multiple undetected homicides’

18th September 2025Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

A report into the organised ritual abuse of children and adults in England and Wales is warning of the considerable barriers to reporting abuse involving multiple offenders acting in concert to terrorise victims, and that the limited number of detections and convictions for such offences is likely to be the “tip of the iceberg”, suggesting that policing and other agencies need to take seriously “the prospect of multiple undetected homicides”, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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Ritual abuse convictions are ‘tip of the iceberg’ as reports warns of prospect of ‘multiple undetected homicides’

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