Child sexual exploitation (CSE) needs assessment (2014) - Publications

National awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) was raised initially as a consequence of the trial and conviction in November 2010 of a group of men who sexually exploited children and young people in and around Derby. Consequently, it is now a requirement of Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards to understand the prevalence of CSE in their area. This report, published in May 2014, assesses that prevalence as Warwickshire had not undertaken this work before. It reflects a point in time, given the information known at that time, but is limited by what professionals knew about the young people at the submission date.

Ninety-nine children and young people were classified by professionals as being, or potentially being, exposed to child sexual exploitation (CSE). However, it is known that there are a further 101 young people (new information provided after publication) who were identified as being or potentially being at risk of CSE by two partners but not submitted via the data collection form. NSPCC prevalence figures would suggest that Warwickshire has between 4,900 and 15,800 young people under the age of 16 who are at risk of CSE. Therefore this exercise has only identified a small proportion thought to be at risk.  A CSE subgroup of the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children’s Board is undertaking work to ensure the intelligence generated from this report is implemented to help keep Warwickshire’s children safe from CSE.

• Understanding Child Exploitation in Warwickshire (PDF, 1.2 MB)