The charity's annual How Safe Are Our Children? report warns that neglect is the most common cause for being subject to a Child Protection Plan (CPPs) or on a Child Protection Register (CPR).
However, it also reveals that all four countries in the UK have seen an increase of recorded sexual offences against children between 2012/13 and 2013/14 – ranging from 12 per cent in Scotland to 39 per cent in England.
It puts the increase down in part to an increased willingness to report abuse because of recent media coverage. However, the report warns that "more children are speaking out, only to find little support to help them recover from abuse".
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