Charities make plea to politicians after rise in child cruelty crimes
A rise in child cruelty crimes in England since the pandemic must prompt politicians to commit to investing in early intervention services, a coalition of charities has said.
Crimes against children aged five and under, such as cruelty, assault and neglect, rose by 16% in the year to March 2023 compared to the year to March 2020, the NSPCC said.
The charity said it had compared responses from 24 police forces in England which provided data consistently across those years.
