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 ...

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 ...

More than 6,000 grooming crimes have been recorded by police in England and Wales since April 2013, new Home Office figures show. There was a total of 2,996 grooming crimes recorded from April to ...