The charity's study on runaways – which sampled 7,349 young people aged 14 to 16 from across England – also showed that, of those who had run away, one in five has begged, stolen or done "other things" to survive.
Meanwhile, one in nine (11 per cent) was hurt or harmed on the last occasion they ran away and around one in five (18 per cent) children said they had slept rough or stayed with someone they had just met.
The report found that, despite the dangers, teachers, social workers, police and other professionals are not stepping in and supporting the vast majority of young runaways.
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