UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
By Chris Doidge
The NSPCC says some police forces are struggling to deal with an increase in historical child abuse cases, after the BBC obtained figures indicating arrests in such cases had fallen.
The number of allegations rose by 70% after Jimmy Savile’s past was widely publicised, but arrests fell by 6% over the same period.
The NSPCC said it was concerned about the difficult choices the police faced.
The Home Office said police forces were determined to “stamp out” child abuse.
Under a Freedom of Information request, the BBC’s 5 live Investigates programme obtained figures for the number of historical child abuse allegations that were made to 28 police forces in the six months between November 2012 and April 2013 – the period after ITV’s Exposure documentary about Jimmy Savile.
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