Claims of child sex offences committed by other children have almost doubled in four years, according to new reports.
The number of alleged offences reported to police in England and Wales rose from 5,215 in 2013 to 9,290 in 2016, children’s charity Barnardo’s has discovered.
In total, there were 32,452 reports to police of alleged sexual offences by children on under 18 victims over the four year period – an average of more than 22 every day.