Offences against Children: Internet
Commons · Question 109099 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many online child sexual abuse offences have been recorded in England and Wales in the last 3 years.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 6 Feb 2026
Online child sexual abuse offences are captured in police recorded crime via an online crime flag being applied to a series of offences deemed most likely to be child sexual abuse. This includes contact sexual offences and obscene publications offences wh...