Data set from Children in need: A focus on sexual abuse and exploitation

Police crime data by police force area 2025

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Police force data on rate of children assessed as having been affected by CSA or CSE and the police recorded crime rate for contact child sexual abuse, by police force area.

Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children in need: A focus on sexual abuse and exploitation
Release type
Number of rows
39
Geographic levels
Police force area
Indicators
  • Police recorded crime rate for contact child sexual abuse
  • Rate of children identified with either sexual abuse or exploitation at assessment
Time period
2025

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namepfa_codepfa_nametotal_contact_csa_crime_ratecsae_rate
2025Calendar yearPolice force areaE92000001EnglandE23000034London, City of8.264462810
2025Calendar yearPolice force areaE92000001EnglandE23000008Durham7.6459177133.733675316
2025Calendar yearPolice force areaE92000001EnglandE23000013Cleveland7.3558417455.422129404
2025Calendar yearPolice force areaE92000001EnglandE23000002Cumbria7.1910259494.02653805
2025Calendar yearPolice force areaE92000001EnglandE23000006Cheshire6.0974535984.811925475

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables
Variable nameVariable description
csae_rateRate of children identified with either sexual abuse or exploitation at assessment
total_contact_csa_crime_ratePolice recorded crime rate for contact child sexual abuse

Footnotes

  1. The following Home Office offence codes were used in defining contact CSA: 17B: Sexual assault on a male child under 13, 19D: Rape of a female child under 16, 19E: Rape of a female child under 13, 19G: Rape of a male child under 16, 19H: Rape of a male child under 13, 20B: Sexual assault on a female child under 13, 21: Sexual activity involving a child under 13, 22B: Sexual activity involving a child under 16, 71: Abuse of children through sexual exploitation (formerly prostitution or pornography, 73: Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature, 88A: Sexual grooming.

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