Snapchat becomes worst app for child sex offences
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 1:18 am
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Snapchat is the worst social media platform for child grooming offences, police data has revealed.
The app accounted for 40 per cent of recorded grooming offences where a tech platform was identified. This was more than four times the rate of Facebook and Instagram, which accounted for nine per cent each.
The figures, obtained by the children’s charity NSPCC, show that last year there were a record 7,263 offences of sexual communication. This crime was introduced in April 2017 to tackle groomers who target under-16s through mobile phones and social media.
The figures are published just two days after an NHS manager who sexually abused and raped young girls under 13 after grooming them on Snapchat was jailed for 28 years.