About 1% of the male population has a sexual interest in children. Most of these people will never act on that interest, but some of them do go on to commit off

About 1% of the male population has a sexual interest in children. Most of these people will never act on that interest, but some of them do go on to commit offences. There is a range of jargon, and that makes searching for information a bit trickier. OCSE = online child sexual exploitation. CSEA = Child sexual exploitation and abuse. CSAM = child sexual abuse material. Here are some UK stats: > Law enforcement agencies in the UK are currently arresting around 450 individuals and safeguarding over 600 children each month through their efforts to combat online CSE. > In the UK alone, it is estimated there are 80,000 people who present a sexual threat to children online. > Statistics from the National Crime Agency (NCA) show that last year 2.88 million accounts were registered globally across the most harmful child sexual abuse dark web sites, with at least 5% believed to be registered in the UK. These are good reports, although they're obviously written from a child protection viewpoint. http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT... https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/06/25/fact-sheet-on-online-child-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse/ https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/06/25/fact-sheet-on... https://www.iwf.org.uk/report/iwf-2019-annual-report-zero-tolerance https://www.iwf.org.uk/report/iwf-2019-annual-report-zero-to... >> Nevertheless, if it is true that 95% of perpetrators are well known to the victim, that doesn't sound like this abuse is happening online But that abuse often gets put online, or is traded to access other images.