What is Operation Stovewood?

What is Operation Stovewood?

Operation Stovewood is the single largest law enforcement investigation into non-familial child sexual exploitation and abuse in the UK. Led by the National Crime Agency, our officers are investigating allegations of abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.

What is child grooming in england?

Under current UK law it is an offence to arrange (or facilitate) a meeting with a child under the age of 16 with the intent of sexually abusing the child, or with the intent of another individual sexually abusing them. It’s also an offence to meet a child following the process of grooming.

Is Rotherham a safe place to live?

Rotherham is the safest major town in South Yorkshire, and is the 35th most dangerous overall out of South Yorkshire’s 110 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Rotherham in 2021 was 99 crimes per 1,000 people.

What happened in Rotherham?

The Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal consisted of the organised child sexual abuse that occurred in the town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Northern England from the late 1980s until the 2010s and the failure of local authorities to act on reports of the abuse throughout most of that period.

Is kissing a minor grooming?

Commonly, they show pornography to the child, or talk about sexual topics with the child, hoping to make it easy for the child to accept such acts, thus normalizing the behavior. They may also engage in hugging, kissing, or other physical contact, even when the child does not want it.

Is Rotherham poor?

Rotherham is in South Yorkshire and has a population of 248,176 according to the 2011 census. The health of people in Rotherham is significantly worse than the England average. Deprivation is higher than average and about 11,480 (23.1%) of children live in poverty.

What is the population of Rotherham?

265,411
Rotherham had a population of 109,691 in the 2011 census. The borough, governed from the town, had a mid-2019 est. population of 265,411, the 60th most populous district in England.