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49	49	**West Midlands Police (Operation “Protection” report, 2010):** An internal **problem profile** in March 2010 identified 75 suspects involved in group child sexual exploitation in the West Midlands. Of those 75 suspects, **79% were Asian**, 12% were White, and 5% were African-Caribbean. Furthermore, //“62% of Asian suspects are of Pakistani origin”//, meaning **about half of all suspects (37 of 75) were Pakistani-heritage males**. The report also noted 139 potential victims (78% of whom were white girls) that had been identified by that time. This confidential profile was not released publicly in 2010 – police feared the //“predominant offender profile of Pakistani Muslim males… combined with [white female victims] has the potential to cause significant community tensions.”// The data, obtained later via FOI, now stands as concrete evidence of what officers knew: in that region, the overwhelming majority of known grooming gang perpetrators were of South Asian (especially Pakistani) background. {{footnote}} https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/child-sexual-exploitation-force-west-9151006{{/footnote}} {{footnote}} https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-32547630{{/footnote}}
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51		-**Greater Manchester Police (GMP Grooming Investigations, 2022–2025):** As part of the 2025 Casey audit, GMP supplied recent data covering 35 group CSE operations in Greater Manchester (Jan 2022–May 2025). Among **243 identified suspects** in those investigations, the ethnic breakdown was **54% Asian, 35% White, 3% Black, and 8% “Other”**. In absolute numbers, that equates to approximately 131 Asian suspects, 85 White suspects, 7 Black suspects, and 20 of other ethnicities. Thus, just over half of the suspects were of Asian heritage, confirming a disproportionate representation relative to the local population. GMP also provided data on the victims in these cases: of **317 known victims**, the vast majority (approximately 298, or 94%) were female, and about 79% of all victims were White (with smaller numbers of Asian, Black, and Mixed ethnicity victims). For instance, GMP recorded 267 female victims – of whom 250 were White (≈94%), 8 Asian, 5 Black, 4 “Other” – and 50 male victims (48 White, 1 Asian, 1 Black). This aligns with the pattern observed in most prior cases: victims are predominantly young white girls, while suspects in group grooming tend more often to be men of minority (especially South Asian) backgrounds, at least in the areas studied.
	51	+**Greater Manchester Police (GMP Grooming Investigations, 2022–2025):** As part of the 2025 Casey audit, GMP supplied recent data covering 35 group CSE operations in Greater Manchester (Jan 2022–May 2025). Among **243 identified suspects** in those investigations, the ethnic breakdown was **54% Asian, 35% White, 3% Black, and 8% “Other”**. In absolute numbers, that equates to approximately 131 Asian suspects, 85 White suspects, 7 Black suspects, and 20 of other ethnicities. Thus, just over half of the suspects were of Asian heritage, confirming a disproportionate representation relative to the local population. GMP also provided data on the victims in these cases: of **317 known victims**, the vast majority (approximately 298, or 94%) were female, and about 79% of all victims were White (with smaller numbers of Asian, Black, and Mixed ethnicity victims). For instance, GMP recorded 267 female victims – of whom 250 were White (≈94%), 8 Asian, 5 Black, 4 “Other” – and 50 male victims (48 White, 1 Asian, 1 Black). This aligns with the pattern observed in most prior cases: victims are predominantly young white girls, while suspects in group grooming tend more often to be men of minority (especially South Asian) backgrounds, at least in the areas studied.{{footnote}} https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-police-investigated-35-31870020{{/footnote}}
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53	53	**Other Data:** A 2022 report by West Yorkshire Police showed that out of roughly 889 recorded CSE victims (2020–2024) in its force area, 51% were White and about 5% Asian, but notably 39% were “Unknown” ethnicity – reflecting the data gaps even on victims. Nationally, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in 2022 emphasized that //data on perpetrators’ ethnicity were lacking// and urged better recording. The Home Office 2020 paper refrained from precise figures but cited studies indicating //“over-representation of Asian and Black offenders”// in group grooming cases, while cautioning that small sample sizes and inconsistent recording made it **“difficult to draw conclusions”**. It stressed the need for improved data because //“community and cultural factors”// could be relevant.
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