| Barnardo’s has released figures taken from a snapshot of children worked with during September 2012. Figures show that: in the last year, the number of sexually exploited children known to the charity rose by 22% to 1,452 and by 37% over the last 3 years; the number of children known to be trafficked within the UK rose by 84% year on year from 76 to 140. |
| Source: Barnardos 13 January 2013 |
