The messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children's charity the NSPCC. More than 7,000 Sexual Communication with a ...

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Online grooming crimes hit a record high across the UK last year, new data has revealed. Figures provided to the NSPCC by 44 police forces across the UK, show that 7,263 Sexual Communication with a ...

Online grooming offences have reached a record high, with police data revealing a four-year-old boy as being among the victims. The NSPCC described the figures, which show an almost doubling of such ...

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 said the ...

THE NSPCC has been a vocal supporter of more robust online safety laws, and data released in the last few days shows just how important they are. Here in Yorkshire, police forces recorded 581 sexual ...

A survey carried out on behalf of children’s charity the NSPCC found that around 4% of young people aged 11 to 17 questioned had sent, received or been asked to send sexual content to an adult when ...

HUNDREDS of child grooming crimes have been recorded in the first six months of a new offence, which was brought in as a result of a campaign by the NSPCC. The charity is now calling on Government and ...