List of grooming gang incidents in the United Kingdom

The article is a list of notable sexual abuse incidents associated with the grooming gangs scandal in the United Kingdom, as described in media, scholarly articles, and government publications such as the Jay report and Casey audit. ^[1]

List

• Aylesbury child sex abuse ring
• Banbury child sex abuse ring ^[2]
• Bristol child sex abuse ring ^[3]
• Derby child sex abuse ring ^[4]
• Halifax child sex abuse ring ^[5]
• Huddersfield grooming gang
• Keighley child sex abuse ring
• Manchester child sex abuse ring
• Newcastle child sex abuse ring ^[6]
• Norwich sexual abuse ring
• Oxford child sex abuse ring ^[7]
• Peterborough sex abuse case ^[8]
• Rochdale child sex abuse ring. See also Operation Doublet, an ongoing investigation by Greater Manchester Police. ^[1]
• Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal – widespread child exploitation in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, between 1997 and 2013, estimated to have involved at least 1400 children who were subjected to sexual exploitation by gangs of men. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (or Jay report) was commissioned to investigate these crimes. ^{[1] [9] [10] [11]}
• Telford child sexual exploitation scandal ^{[1] [12] [13] [14]}

See also

• Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom
• Grooming gangs scandal
• List of sexual abuses perpetrated by groups § United Kingdom

References

1. "Grooming gangs scandal timeline: What happened, what inquiries there were and how Starmer was involved". Sky News. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
2. "'Social media party' sex gang guilty". BBC News. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
3. "Sex abuse gangs jailed for grooming". BBC News. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
4. Carter, Helen (7 January 2011). "Derby sex abuse gang leaders jailed". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
5. "Fifteen men jailed for child sex abuse". BBC News. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
6. "Child sex grooming network convicted". BBC News. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
7. "Gang abused girls 'on a massive scale'". BBC News. 24 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
8. "Gang jailed for sex attacks on girls". BBC News. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
9. "Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997–2013)". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
10. "Rotherham child abuse scandal: 1,400 children exploited, report finds". BBC News . 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
11. "Jay Report: How inquiry shone a light on Rotherham abuse". BBC News. 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
12. Bird, Steve (9 December 2017). "Grooming gangs of Muslim men failed to integrate into British society". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
13. "Telford child sex abuse went on for generations, inquiry finds". BBC. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
14. Murray, Jessica (12 July 2022). "Over 1,000 children in Telford were sexually exploited, inquiry finds". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

External links

• Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham