The messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children's charity the NSPCC.

More than 7,000 Sexual Communication with a Child offences were recorded across the UK in the year to March 2024 - the highest number since the offence was created.

Snapchat made up nearly half of the 1,824 cases where the specific platform used for the grooming was recorded by the police.

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