Wales Online report:

More than 10 children are sexually abused in South Wales every week, according to alarming new figures disclosed by South Wales Police

The data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that 1,072 incidents of sexual abuse affecting children were investigated by police between April 2011 and March 2013.

The figures suggest that over the past two years an average of 300 children under the age of 18 have fallen victim to sexual offences every month.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.