The number of youngsters arrested over sexual offenses rose nearly a fifth last year, a government-backed report says
The number of children arrested for sexual offenses in the UK reached a record high last year, a government-backed report has stated.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), a charity researching youth violence prevention, said on Tuesday that 3,809 children were arrested for sexual offenses in 2024-25, up nearly a fifth from 3,225 a year earlier. The figure was 74% above the Covid pandemic low of 1,979 in 2020-21 and surpassed the previous record of 3,633 set in 2015-16.
Separate YEF research based on a survey of 11,000 children aged…
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