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Ritualistic Abuse

These documents contain descriptions of child abuse that are distressing. Please prioritise your well-being - feel free to skip sections, take breaks or choose not to continue reading.

For support organisations available visit 'When You Are Ready'.

Research review and analysis 'Organised ritual abuse and its wider context: Degradation, deception and disavowal' by Dr Elly Hanson (PDF, 3.7 MB) NPCC Operational Briefing: Investigating and responding to ritualistic abuse including witchcraft and spirt possession July 2025 (PDF, 2 MB)

Group-Based Offending Publication

CSE Taskforce Group Based Offending Publication November 2024 (PDF, 12 MB) Group-Based Offending- 2024 data (PowerPoint, 7.3 MB) Group Based Offending data table - suspect data 2023 (PowerPoint, 1.7 MB) Group-Based Offending data table - victim data 2023 (PDF, 496 KB)

Annual Report 2022

(PDF, 7.8 MB)

Strategy

Operation Hydrant FOI Publication Strategy July 2022 (Word, 101 KB) Operation Hydrant FOI Publication Strategy April 2021 (PDF, 241 KB)

Structure

Operation Hydrant Structure FOI Publication Jul 2020 (PDF, 533 KB) Operation Hydrant Structure FOI Publication Jul 2019 (PDF, 516 KB)

Human Resources

Operation Hydrant Human Resources FOI Publication July 2020 (PDF, 376 KB) Operation Hydrant Human Resources FOI Publication July 2019 (PDF, 301 KB)