NSPCC calls for more support for victims as charity’s research shows that reports to police have increased by 38% over a year
Police are recording 85 sexual assaults on children each day after an increase of more than a third in reports of abuse and exploitation, new figures have revealed.
A total of 31,238 allegations of sexual offences against children, including rape, assault and grooming offences, were made to forces in England and Wales in 2013/14, research by the NSPCC has found. The figures show an increase of 38% – more than a third – on the previous year.
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