Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse
Our aim is to reduce the impact of child sexual abuse through improved prevention and better response.
Child sexual abuse in 2022/23
Our new Trends in official data report collates the latest data across local authorities, policing, criminal justice and sexual assault referral centres to explore how child sexual abuse is being identified and responded to in England and Wales.
Popular Resources
Infographics
Signs and indicators of child sexual abuse
Communicating with children
Sibling sexual abuse and behaviour
Managing risk and trauma after online sexual offending
eLearning
The scale and nature of child sexual abuse
Latest courses
Multi-agency
NEW: Communicating with children when you have concerns of sexual abuse course
Multi-agency
NEW: Sibling sexual behaviour and abuse: A course for safeguarding professionals
Multi-agency
NEW: Harmful sexual behaviour in online contexts course
Read our blogs
22 Feb 2024
Setting the story straight on Cleveland
04 Jan 2024
Keeping child sexual abuse on the agenda
24 Nov 2022
Telling the truth
15 Jul 2022
People don’t talk about it: reflections two years on
Upcoming events
Webinar
Spotting the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse
Training event
Communicating with children when you have concerns of sexual abuse: one-day training event
Webinar
Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into practice
Webinar
Supporting parents / carers when their child may have been sexually abused
About us
Since we were founded in 2017, the CSA Centre has sought to improve the understanding of and response to child sexual abuse.
Funded by the Home Office and hosted by Barnardo’s, our team collates and analyses existing research, policy, practice, and the experiences of survivors, to allow us to fill the gaps with new research, insights and analysis.
With a multi-disciplinary team, we then use that evidence and insight to develop new approaches and apply learning in practice through training and resources.
By professionals, researchers, policymakers, businesses and communities working together, we believe that we can tackle child sexual abuse.