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Children in need: a focus on child sexual abuse and exploitation
Analysis of the characteristics, and social care journeys, of children who were assessed as having been affected by child sexual abuse or exploitation.
Applies to England
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This publication analyses the characteristics of children whose social care assessments recorded that they had been affected by child sexual abuse or sexual exploitation.
It also:
- analyses those children’s journeys through social care
- makes comparisons to police recorded crime data
- analyses serious incident notifications data
The Department for Education commissioned this in response to the national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse.
It forms part of the government’s response to recommendation 9.
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Published 11 December 2025