List of grooming gang incidents in the United Kingdom

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The article is a list of notable sexual abuse incidents associated with the grooming gangs scandal in the United Kingdom, as described in media, scholarly articles, and government publications such as the Jay report and Casey audit.^[1]

• Aylesbury child sex abuse ring
• Banbury child sex abuse ring^[2]
• Bristol child sex abuse ring^[3]
• Derby child sex abuse ring^[4]
• Halifax child sex abuse ring^[5]
• Huddersfield grooming gang
• Keighley child sex abuse ring
• Manchester child sex abuse ring
• Newcastle child sex abuse ring^[6]
• Norwich sexual abuse ring
• Oxford child sex abuse ring^[7]
• Peterborough sex abuse case^[8]
• Rochdale child sex abuse ring. See also Operation Doublet, an ongoing investigation by Greater Manchester Police.^[1]
• Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal – widespread child exploitation in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, between 1997 and 2013, estimated to have involved at least 1400 children who were subjected to sexual exploitation by gangs of men. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (or Jay report) was commissioned to investigate these crimes.^{[1][9][10][11]}
• Telford child sexual exploitation scandal^{[1][12][13][14]}

• Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom
• Grooming gangs scandal

• Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham