NSPCC 'How safe are our children?'

The NSPCC's annual report, 'How safe are our children' compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the 4 nations in the UK.

The charity has been consolidating the national data for the last five years and consistently looks at the same indicators each year, to track changes over time.

Key points include:

• There have been increases in police-recorded child sexual offences across the UK, and increases in child cruelty and neglect offences in all UK nations except Scotland.
• The last decade has also seen increased numbers of children on child protection plans and registers.
• Almost a quarter of young people were contacted online by an adult they did not know; and since the offence of communicating indecently with a child was introduced in England and Wales in April 2017, over 3,000 crimes have been recorded by the police.

You can find the report here: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and-resources/how-safe-are-our-children-2018

Information courtesy of Andrew Hall, Specialist Safeguarding Consultant.