But Oldham Council says a 580% increase in referrals in eight years reflects greater understanding.
Police officers and social workers have raised concerns that more than 500 children were being sexually abused in a town last year.
looking at Oldham Council and Greater Manchester Police's handling of a number of child sexual exploitation cases in the early to mid-2000s. "All these safeguarding referrals wouldn't be made if there was safeguarding in these schools, if they had learnt from the mistakes of how it was happening."She said she believed children as young as four or five should be taught about grooming, and told "how they speak to you, how they try and persuade you, buy you stuff".
While figures fluctuated across the eight years in which data was available, they rose substantially in 2021 and to the highest point on record last year. "We're aware of the risks that happen to young people in our community through online exploitation and through the different forms of exploitation and the relationships between them."
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