RE: Lloyds shares22 Feb 2026 08:47
Regarding "grooming gangs," a 2020 Home Office report titled Group-based child sexual exploitation: characteristics of offending concluded that it is not possible to identify a specific ethnicity as being disproportionately represented in these crimes. The report stated that offenders come from all backgrounds, including White, Asian, and Black groups, and that "no single profile" of a typical offender exists.
The Casey report highlighted one key data gap on ethnicity which described it as "appalling" and a "major failing" . It says the ethnicity of perpetrators is "shied away from" and still not recorded in two-thirds of cases, meaning it is not possible to draw conclusions at a national level. However, the report says there is enough evidence from police data in three areas - Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire - to show "disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds amongst suspects for group-based child sexual exploitation".
It adds that the significant number of perpetrators of Asian ethnicity identified in local reviews and high-profile prosecutions across the country also warrants further examination.
This would suggest the Home Office report of 2020 is flawed as the data is flawed as highlighted by the Casey report particularly in the above areas. You can't report on data if it is incomplete or not collected.
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