Fact checks related to sexual violence, harassment and assault
Crime
A reported steep rise in cases may have been affected by a broader classification of grooming since 2017—as well as by changing rates of reporting. Read
Crime
A widely shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear. Read
Widely-shared posts on Facebook make an unsubstantiated claim about Mr Starmer’s work for the Crown Prosecution Service. Read
Crime
This claim comes from confusion over another statistic, about the proportion of those in one force found to have committed sexual misconduct who kept their jobs. Read
A video on social media which shows a woman’s drink being spiked was staged for ‘entertainment purposes’. Read
Crime
The personal security app allows users to alert contacts if they feel unsafe. Read
Crime
We can’t objectively compare the public response to grooming gangs with Black Lives Matter Read
Crime
Each year in England and Wales, roughly 40-60 people are convicted of rape who had previous rape convictions. Read
Crime
35% of 14-21 year-olds said they had experienced unwanted sexual attention or unwanted sexual or physical contact while wearing school uniform in public. Read
We’ve looked at how the current law applies to “upskirting” and how proposed legislation would change this. Read
