How many children currently experience sexual abuse in England and Wales? Are agencies and services seeing the full picture? In this session the CSA Centre provides an overview of the evidence base on the scale and nature of child sexual abuse in England and Wales. We will explore what we know about child sexual abuse from the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales and highlight the latest trends in children’s services and criminal justice data. We will look at how response differs in different regions and discuss what this all means for practice. The session aims to improve participants’ understanding of the available evidence and what they can draw on in services’ policy, fundraising and practice development work.
