Online grooming has reached record levels in the UK with the annual number of offences exceeding 7,000 for the first time, the NSPCC has said. New data compiled by the children's charity reveals ...

Online grooming crimes have reached record levels in the UK – with a rise of 89% since 2017-18. The National Society for the ...

It was clear that it all had been planned out between them." Kelly's story comes after 1,200 online grooming crimes were recorded by police across the UK during the April to June lockdown period.

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The children's charity says the police data shows people are "still waiting" for social media to be made safe, ...

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Online grooming crimes have reached record levels in the UK, with more than 7,000 offences recorded by police over the last year for the first time, the NSPCC has said. The children’s charity ...

Girls were predominantly targeted by offenders for online grooming, comprising 81 per cent of the cases in 2023/24 where the gender was known. The youngest victim of online grooming in 2023/24 was ...