Overview
- The Rape Gang Inquiry Report, released by MP Rupert Lowe on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, compiles survivor testimony and references earlier local probes to claim evidence of group‑based child sexual exploitation in at least 149 local authority districts.
- The report cites an extrapolated estimate — widely challenged by critics — that roughly 250,000 British girls may have been victimised, and documents physical injuries, multiple STIs in children, pregnancies from rape, trafficking and long‑term psychological harm.
- It accuses police, social services, schools, the NHS and other agencies of repeated failures to safeguard victims, alleging cases were ignored, evidence mishandled and victims sometimes criminalised instead of protected.
- The inquiry urges sweeping legal and immigration changes, including life‑starting sentences with long minimum tariffs for ringleaders, automatic deportation of foreign nationals convicted of group‑based child sexual exploitation, and a cross‑departmental FCDO/Home Office/NCA taskforce to locate and repatriate trafficked victims.
- The report was publicly funded through donations reported at about £600,000, has been amplified by right‑leaning outlets and public figures, and has prompted calls for reopened investigations and prosecutions while its non‑statutory methods and extrapolated figures draw scrutiny from critics.