
Figures obtained by the NSPCC have revealed over 10,000 cases of non-recent sexual abuse against children have been recorded by police forces across Yorkshire and Humberside over the last four years.
The number of recorded offences in the region involving non-recent sexual abuse – where the offence is alleged to have occurred more than a year before it was reported to police – has increased from over 1,000 in 2013/14 to just over 3,500 in 2016/17.
The children’s charity believes this steep rise may, in part, be down to high-profile abuse cases as well as the football abuse scandal which began a year ago this week and has seen a dedicated NSPCC Helpline receive more than 2,500 calls.
The NSPCC hope the increase in cases recorded by police will reassure survivors they will be listened to and will see law enforcement taking swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice.