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Information about reports of abuse or neglect received by local authorities for April 2017 to March 2018.

Main points

  • In 2017-18, 19,178 reports were received by Local Authorities, where it was suspected that an adult was at risk of abuse or neglect.
  • Neglect, emotional/psychological and physical abuse were the most common types of abuse reported in completed reports, occurring in 34%, 25% and 24% of reports respectively.
  • Of the victims which alleged abuse or neglect, 43.9% took place in their own home and 34.4% took place in care home settings.
  • Paid employees were most likely to be alleged responsible for the abuse/neglect (46.5%) followed by relatives/friends (29.0%).
  • Of the number of investigations that concluded during the year, 27.0% were criminal investigations.

Reports

Adult safeguarding, April 2017 to March 2018 (experimental statistics) , file type: PDF, file size: 577 KB

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Contact

Bethan Sherwood

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