CYP Now - NSPCC: Adolescents four times more at risk of physical abuse than younger children

Adolescents are four times more likely to be physically abused than younger children, NSPCC analysis of police-recorded offences reveals.

Older children are also more likely to be groomed online, the NSPCC says. Picture: Adobe Stock

The charity’s new How safe are our children? 2020 report shows that rates of physical and sexual abuse of 11- to 18-year-olds in England have increased since 2014/15.

Older children are also more likely to be the victims of online grooming, the report states.

There were 99,139 recorded physical abuse offences against children and young people aged 11 to 18 in England in 2018/19 - a rate of 197.4 per 10,000 adolescents compared with 48.7 per 10,000 under-11s.

Offences of rape and sexual activity with a 13 to 15-year-old recorded by police in England have increased by five per cent and eight per cent respectively in the past year, the NSPCC said.

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