Child protection and safeguarding information, advice and research
Search our directory for our latest research, child protection statistics, leaflets, practical guidance, briefings and evaluations that share what we've learned from our services for children and families.
Our series of factsheets pulls together the most up-to-date statistics on children who are the subject to child protection plan or on a child protection register for each of the UK nations.
This briefing looks at what data and statistics are available about child sexual abuse to help professionals, and the organisations they work for, make evidence based decisions.
This briefing looks at what available data can tell us about harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) to help professionals, and the organisations they work for, make evidence based decisions.
This briefing looks at what available data can tell us about child deaths due to abuse or neglect, to help professionals, and the organisations they work for, make evidence based decisions.
This briefing looks at what available data can tell us about looked after children to help professionals, and the organisations they work for, make evidence based decisions.
An overview of data about child maltreatment from several high-income countries, comparing trends with England and the UK.
A compendium of all the latest UK child abuse and child protection data.