Reporting sexual offences in schools: an incomplete picture
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In brief
Claim
The reports of sexual offences in schools have almost trebled over four years, others say it has more than doubled.
Conclusion
These are correct but the figures are incomplete, so don’t show the full picture across the UK.
- “Reports of sexual offences in UK schools more than doubled in four years, figures obtained by Plan International UK revealed.” Plan International UK, August 2016
- “School sex crime claims treble in four years, with kids as young as five accused of offences.” The Sun, 7 August 2016
- “The number of sex offences in schools reported to police has almost trebled in four years, a study has shown.” The Guardian, 8 August 2016
These claims are correct, but the figures they’re based on don’t show the full picture.
The figures were also reported in a number of other papers including the Mirror, the Daily Mail, and the Daily Express and also on Sky.
The number of sexual offences reported in schools increased from 719 in 2011/12 to 1,955 in 2014/15 accord...
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