UK · Child protection · Official sources only
The UK national grooming gangs inquiry: chair, powers, timeline, Casey audit findings, published figures and the 12 recommendations — every fact linked to its official source.
Sources checked 04 Nov 2026. No victims are named. Nothing here is estimated by UKStats — estimates shown are the reports' own, and are labelled.
Set up to co-ordinate multiple non-recent child sexual abuse investigations across the UK.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025The report finds at least 1,400 underage girls were abused between 1997 and 2013 (as summarised in the Casey audit timeline).
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025Finds as many as 373 children could have been victims of child sexual exploitation, and serious errors by police and social services.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025Finds up to 1,000 children may have been sexually exploited between 1989 and 2017, with failings across agencies.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse publishes its final report on child sexual abuse in England and Wales.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025The Prime Minister and Home Secretary commission Baroness Casey's national audit (formally launched February 2025).
Source: Home Office — National Audit — publication page · published 16 Jun 2025Twelve recommendations, including a national inquiry and national police operation (recommendation 2). The government says it is implementing every recommendation.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025Baroness Longfield appointed chair with Zoë Billingham and Eleanor Kelly; three-year statutory inquiry, £65 million committed.
Source: Home Office — Update on Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs · published 09 Dec 2025Published after public consultation, with letters between the Home Secretary and the chair.
Source: Home Office — Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs (collection, final terms of reference) · published 31 Mar 2026“we are talking about multiple sexual assaults committed against children by multiple men on multiple occasions; beatings and gang rapes.”
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025
“there is enough evidence available in local police data in three police force areas which we examined which show disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds amongst suspects for group-based child sexual exploitation”
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025
“The appalling lack of data on ethnicity in crime recording alone is a major failing over the last decade or more.”
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025
“flawed data is used repeatedly to dismiss claims about ‘Asian grooming gangs’ as sensationalised, biased or untrue. This does a disservice to victims and indeed all law-abiding people in Asian communities”
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025
The Jay report's own estimate, not a count of convictions.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025Telford Independent Inquiry's own estimate.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025Oxfordshire serious case review's own estimate.
Source: Home Office (Baroness Casey) — National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse · published 16 Jun 2025Government commitment.
Source: Home Office — Update on Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs · published 09 Dec 2025No official national figure exists. The Casey audit found national data, including ethnicity data, too poor to give one.
No official national figure exists. The Casey audit found national data, including ethnicity data, too poor to give one.
No official national figure exists. The Casey audit found national data, including ethnicity data, too poor to give one.
| Area | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oldham | Local investigation by the national inquiry (first wave) | Link |
| Bradford and Keighley | Local investigation by the national inquiry (first wave) | Link |
| London | Local investigation by the national inquiry (first wave) | Link |
| Birmingham | Local investigation by the national inquiry (first wave) | Link |
| Rotherham | Jay report published 2014 | Link |
| Telford | Independent inquiry published July 2022 | Link |
| Oxfordshire | Serious case review published 2015 | Link |
Government position: 11 accepted, 1 under way. The Home Secretary wrote on 9 December 2025: “The Government is implementing every recommendation set out by Baroness Casey”.
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