Reported child sexual abuse has risen 60% in last four years, figures show

At the same time the number of arrests for child sexual abuse offences in England and Wales has fallen by 9%, freedom of information request reveals. There has been a 60% increase in child sexual abuse reported to the police over the past four years, according to official figures which make public for the first time the scale of the problem in England and Wales. 
A House of Commons library analysis based on freedom of information releases by individual forces shows that the number of offences of child sexual abuse reported to the police has soared from 5,557 cases in 2011 to 8,892 last year. 

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