An evaluation of a two-year youth counselling initiative run by Youth Access found that the 743 young people who used the services across three locations - Hackney in London, Hampshire, and Leeds - were experiencing a range of serious issues including CSE.
The most common reasons young people sought help were found to be for emotional abuse and sexual exploitation, followed by neglect, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and physical abuse.
But despite the seriousness of the problems, the study found that fewer than one in four of the young people (23 per cent) were previously known to social workers.
Barbara Rayment, director of Youth Access, said the study shows that councils are not doing enough to support older young people.
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