Number of child abuse offences in England and Wales 2002-2024

Number of cruelty to children/young persons offences recorded in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2023/24

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Release date

July 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2024

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

* Up until April 1, 2012, the offence type 'cruelty to children/young persons' was divided into the following separate offences:
- Cruelty to and neglect of children
- Abandoning a child under the age of two years
The figures shown here from 2002/2003 to 2011/2012 are a sum of these two offences, after which they were officially combined and reclassified as 'cruelty to children/young persons'.

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